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.

The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in 'Mommie Dearest' is not the Joan Crawford I knew back when.

- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed.

- 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…

- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

I was only saying to the Queen the other day how I hate name dropping.

- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy.

- 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…

- 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.

- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

My father and Mary Pickford were the reigning stars of not just Hollywood but of the world. Well, to bear my father's name was hard enough, but to wo…

- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.