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 they permitted to see me. This is the nature of the lady. Doesn't bother me at all.
[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?
- 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
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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.
You know, I've had a helluva life. - Joan Fontaine
You know, I've had a helluva life.
Marriage, as an institution, is as dead as the dodo bird. - Joan Fontaine
Marriage, as an institution, is as dead as the dodo bird.
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