Norma Shearer Professions : Actress Born : August 10, 1902 Died : June 12, 1983 Browse All Authors Top 12 quotes by Norma Shearer An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other. Norma Shearer may adventure travel Scarlett O'Hara is going to be a thankless and difficult role. The part I'd like to play is Rhett Butler. Norma Shearer butlers roles play A woman today is good, or she is bad, according to the way she does a thing - and not because of the thing itself. Norma Shearer doe today way The morals of yesterday are no more. They are as dead as the day they were lived. Economic independence has put woman on exactly the same footing as man. Norma Shearer independence yesterday men It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer. Norma Shearer doers toes enemy Never let them see you in public after you've turned 35. You're finished if you do! Norma Shearer finished ifs I always chose sophisticated parts because you can't really be interesting as a young girl or outstanding as an ingenue. Norma Shearer sophisticated girl interesting Somehow or other I always got myself rigged up in something sensational. Norma Shearer sensational rigged I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin. Norma Shearer parenting mother father An actress must never lose her ego -- without it she has no talent. Norma Shearer actresses ego acting Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy. Norma Shearer ecstasy motion-pictures actresses Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you do! Norma Shearer never see you finished Similar Authors Beatrice Lillie actress Adepero Oduye actress Adrienne Barbeau actress Bindu actress Alexandra Breckenridge actress Bojana Novakovic actress All Authors