25 Quotes by Lillian Gish

You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.

The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.

What you get is a living-what you give is a life.

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.

Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have put your eyes in your bellybutton.

The stage was our school, our home, our life.

Fans always write asking why I didn't smile more in films. I smiled in `Annie Laurie`, but I can't recall that it helped much.

Never get caught acting.