Biography
Born in Springfield, Ohio, USA
Died in New York City, New York, USA
Lillian Gish Quotes
“Never get caught acting.”
“The stage was our school, our home, our life.”
“A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.”
“Lionel Barrymore first played my grandfather, later my father, and finally he played my husband. If he’d lived, I’m sure I’d have played his mother. That’s the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Young man, if God had wanted you to see me that way, he would have put your eyes in your bellybutton.”
