Words matter. These are the best Ginger Rogers Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Even married people have differences of opinion, I’m told.
When two people love each other, they don’t look at each other, they look in the same direction.
The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.
Only I know my life.
‘Flying Down to Rio’ established RKO as a leader in musical film production throughout the 1930s. The film helped to rescue the studio from its financial straits and it gave a real boost to my movie career.
My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months.
I cannot abide stupidity, in myself or in others.
Gossip is hardly uplifting.
Over the years, myths were built up about my relationship with Fred Astaire. The general public thought he was a Svengali, who snapped his fingers for his little Trilby to obey; in their eyes, my career was his creation.
Sure, jets are fast and economical, but, oh my, what fun we’ve lost and what leisure we’ve sacrificed in the race to efficiency. Somehow, stepping onto a plane and zooming across the United States in a matter of hours doesn’t hold a candle to the dear, old-fashioned train ride.
I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I’m not being immodest when I say I’m a natural athlete.
During my seven-year contract with RKO, there were seven different studio presidents, from David O. Selznick to Charles W. Koerner. You literally had to check the name on the door so as not to call the new boss by the former boss’s name.
Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood.
I yearned for a long, happy marriage with one person.
Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can’t talk and dance at the same time.
At the age of ten, I thought if a boy kissed you on the lips, you would have a baby, and I surely wasn’t the only youngster who believed that!
Looking back at my life’s voyage, I can only say that it has been a golden trip.
I try to feed my hunger rather than my appetite.
Rhythm is born in all of us. To be a desirable dancing partner, you don’t have to do all the intricate fancy steps that happen to be in vogue. All you have to do is be a good average dancer, and anybody who spends the time and effort can accomplish this.
I traveled with my mother, Lela, and there was never enough money. I always had to roll down my silk stockings and carry a doll when we bought train tickets so I could go half-fare. If we had $3, we always figured how to tip for the trunks and still eat.
You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you.
I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. ‘Harlow,’ based on the life of actress Jean Harlow… I didn’t know at the time that ‘Harlow’ would be my last motion picture.
My faith in humanity leads me to believe that people are looking for something more elevating than the sordid details of the intimate aspects of one’s personal life.
My mother was a journalist, so writing is not unnatural to me.
I won’t go to movies with permissiveness, four-letter words, or violence. Show me ‘E.T.’ and ‘Chariots of Fire’ instead. That’s entertainment, not exploitation of the human body.
