24 Quotes by Billie Burke

Age is of no importance unless you’re a cheese.

Our minister was as confused as we were. "And now Flo," he would say to me, "you stand here'"He's Flo, I'm Billie," I would say."Oh, all right, then, you stand here, Bill," he would say to Flo, and Flo would correct him."I'm Flo, she's Bill - I mean Billie."But he married us and I am quite sure it was legal.

Sin in the theater, I can observe now, is comparable to education in a university: it is there for those who wish to take advantage of it, but fewer do than you might suspect.

Age is of no importance unless you are a cheese.

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.

But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese

An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.

I think when an actress marries she should leave the stage. She cannot be happy if she is married and remains on the stage. She must care more for her art or for her husband.