You know, I've had a helluva life. Not just the acting part. I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to the hounds. I've done a lot of exciting things.
It seems there's just no room left for elegance in this paper-plate, blue-jean world. And I, for one, think it's a shame. - Joan Fontaine
It seems there's just no room left for elegance in this paper-plate, blue-jean world. And I, for one, think it's a shame.
- Joan Fontaine
[On her troubled relationships with her daughters:] You can acquire enemies. Why give birth to them? - Joan Fontaine
[On her troubled relationships with her daughters:] You can acquire enemies. Why give birth to them?
One puzzling thing about men -- they allow their sex instinct to drive them to where their intelligence never would take them. - Joan Fontaine
One puzzling thing about men -- they allow their sex instinct to drive them to where their intelligence never would take them.
I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia (sister Olivia de Havilland) did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to … - Joan Fontaine
I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia (sister Olivia de Havilland) did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to …
The main problem in marriage is that, for a man, sex is a hunger-like eating. If the man is hungry and can't get to a fancy French restaurant, he'll … - Joan Fontaine
The main problem in marriage is that, for a man, sex is a hunger-like eating. If the man is hungry and can't get to a fancy French restaurant, he'll …
Marriage, as an institution, is as dead as the dodo bird. - Joan Fontaine
Marriage, as an institution, is as dead as the dodo bird.
My sister is a very peculiar lady. When we were young, I wasn't allowed to talk to her friends. Now I'm not allowed to talk to her children, nor are … - Joan Fontaine
My sister is a very peculiar lady. When we were young, I wasn't allowed to talk to her friends. Now I'm not allowed to talk to her children, nor are …
If you keep marrying as I do, you learn everybody's hobby. - Joan Fontaine
If you keep marrying as I do, you learn everybody's hobby.
I hope I'll die on stage at the age at 105, playing Peter Pan. - Joan Fontaine
I hope I'll die on stage at the age at 105, playing Peter Pan.
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