In my day, the only people who achieved real independence were my father, Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin, who, with D. W. Griffith, formed United Artists. Other than that, everybody belonged to the big studios. They had no say in their own careers.
I am not a socialite, though I seem to have got the reputation for being one. I have some very good friends who happen to be in so-called Society; bu… - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
I am not a socialite, though I seem to have got the reputation for being one. I have some very good friends who happen to be in so-called Society; bu…
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed. - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed.
The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in 'Mommie Dearest' is not the Joan Crawford I knew back when. - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in 'Mommie Dearest' is not the Joan Crawford I knew back when.
What has always been at the heart of film making was the value of a script. It was really the writer who could make or break a film. But as we all kn… - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
What has always been at the heart of film making was the value of a script. It was really the writer who could make or break a film. But as we all kn…
I was only saying to the Queen the other day how I hate name dropping. - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
I was only saying to the Queen the other day how I hate name dropping.
I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy. - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy.
I had no particular desire to be a personality like my father, nor was I equipped to be one. I was determined to be my own man, although having the F… - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
I had no particular desire to be a personality like my father, nor was I equipped to be one. I was determined to be my own man, although having the F…
If you really want to know someone, you must see their emotions off guard. That's how I know Joan Crawford could never have been cruel to her childre… - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
If you really want to know someone, you must see their emotions off guard. That's how I know Joan Crawford could never have been cruel to her childre…
I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my fathers frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer. - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my fathers frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer.
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