Anna Held Quotations

A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet.

The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.

For a married woman to flirt is a sin.

Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.

Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.

I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them.

No one ever tells us the truth, even those we love.

Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are such very good friends. It is only a little matter quite between ourselves.

There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.

Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.

You'll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart.

Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, 'It is not good for a woman to live alone.'

I don't want to get married, and I don't want to work after I'm 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.

I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing.

To put on a corset properly is as much of an art as to make a corset properly.

It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.

I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

At home in Paris I take a milk bath two times a week, but here on the road it is more difficult. I miss them.

No one could possibly look all the time like my photographs. It is dreadfully hard to live up to them. They stare at me everywhere.

A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.

I do not like vaudeville, but what can I do? It likes me.

How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy.

It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it.

My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.

I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.

I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.

Charm them with your presence as soon as they look at you.

I am very, very proud of my ability as a cook.

I do not care for the money, just for the glory.

I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are part of me.

I want to see people turn and writhe; make them feel things they cannot see and sometimes do not know.

I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.

If I get married, I think I'd pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow.

Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.

People look at me and look, but I do not care.

We must go fast, because the race is against time.

You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.

I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use an leads to nothing.

I know I am very beautiful.

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

I do not say anything from jealousy.

I hadn't even dreamed of getting another Academy Award, and there I was unhappy in my private life and miserable, i remember Clifford Odets drove me three times around the Biltmore, where the Oscars were given out, because I was so full of tears.

Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, It is not good for a woman to live alone.

I don't believe in hasty marriages.

It is all very well for so-called sensible people to recommend flat heels and short skirts, but most of us prefer not to be sensible.

An idea is our visual reaction to something seen - in real life, in our memory, in our imagination, in our dreams.