“Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be like that, too. You can be a Broadway star here one night, and something happens, and then you’re out – nobody knows you on the street. They forget you ever lived. It happens in Hollywood, too.”
“You live in the present and you eliminate things that don’t matter. You don’t carry the burden of the past.”
“Failure is important. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”
“Life is a pie fight and then you die.”
“We had individuality. We did as we pleased. We stayed up late. We dressed the way we wanted. I used to whiz down Sunset Boulevard in my open Kissel, with several red Chow dogs to match my hair. Today, they’re sensible and end up with better health. But we had more fun.”
Quoted by Cecil B. DeMille:
“What I have crossed out I didn’t like. What I haven’t crossed out I’m dissatisfied with.“