Gloria Stuart - biography

“Claude Rains was what we call an actor’s actor.  He was very involved with himself and his performance.”

“I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it’s not for real!”

“I wanted to be a theater actress, but I thought it would be easier to get to New York and the theater if I had a name than if I just walked the streets as a little girl from California.”

“The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.”

“When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn’t want movie actresses.”

“I have a private press.  I’m a book artist.  I publish books of other authors and artists.  I do the illustrating.  I set the type.  I print it myself on my press.  I do everything but bind it.”

“When I was little I thought, isn’t it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday?  Because it’s July 4th.”

“I never had a great role in a great film.”

“I love working.”

“It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly.  It was no great love affair.”

“The John Ford pictures I made are highly regarded, but at the time they didn’t seem like that.”

“A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets.”

“I had been told by so many people that I was going to be nominated, that I should be nominated, that there wasn’t any question about my being nominated.  I don’t think it was a surprise.”

“I just finished my 11th book last week, so I’m ready to start the next one.”

“I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up.  I quit for 33 years.”

“I’m amazed.  When I was 40, I thought I’d never make 50.  And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60.  At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything.”

“I’ve been very, very successful.  It’s very satisfying to me.”

“In the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, everybody was pretty tense on the set.”

“It never occurred to me that it would be a big hit internationally and forever.”

“There’s no point in working if I’m not involved and interested.”

“When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed.  I didn’t realize it would take so long.”

Gloria Stuart has appeared in the following films:
Air Mail (1932)
Back Street (1932)
The All-American (1932)
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Laughter in Hell (1933)
Private Jones (1933)
Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
Sweepings (1933)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
Beloved (1934)
Gift of Gab (1934)
Here Comes the Navy (1934)
I’ll Tell the World (1934)
I Like It That Way (1934)
The Love Captive (1934)
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Laddie (1935)
Professional Soldier (1935)
The Girl on the Front Page (1936)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Girl Overboard (1937)
Life Begins in College (1937)
The Lady Escapes (1937)
The Three Musketeers (1939)
She Wrote the Book (1946)
My Favorite Year (1982)
Titanic (1997)
The Titanic Chronicles (1999)
The Love Letter (1999)
The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)