Anne Baxter Quotes

United States, Actress
May 7, 1923 – December, 12, 1985.

Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and was nominated for an Emmy.

Acting is not what I do. It's what I am. It's my permanent, built-in cathedral.

Anne Baxter
Being a wife-mother and doing a job, it's the toughest damn thing in the world. But we want it.

Anne Baxter
- World
- Job
- Mother

My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour!

Anne Baxter
- Night
- Red
- Wedding
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.

Anne Baxter
- Liberty
- Charity
- Unity
I knew Elizabeth Taylor when she didn't know where her next husband was coming from.

Anne Baxter
Darryl Zanuck thought all women were either broads or librarians. He thought I was a librarian. He thought I was smart.

Anne Baxter
- Women
- Smart
We love Stewart. He does that song from 'Rawhide,' which is really funny coming from an Englishman. But if you're trying to concentrate and you're under the gun, (his whistling) penetrates in an inescapable way.

Anne Baxter
- Trying
- Song
- Way
It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.

Anne Baxter
- Life
- Up
- Failure

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves

Anne Baxter
- Home
- Devil
- Sin
I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.

Anne Baxter
See into life, don't just look at it

Anne Baxter
- Life
- Looks