Claudette Colbert Quotes

It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.

Claudette Colbert

• Woman
• Face
• Matters

It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

Claudette Colbert

• Fall
• Years
• Jump

The casting couch? There's only one of us who ever made it to stardom without it, and that was Bette Davis.

Claudette Colbert

• Couch
• Stardom
• Bette Davis

I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I.

Claudette Colbert

• Order
• Breakfast
• Egg

If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.

Claudette Colbert

• Die
• Laugh

I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy - period.

Claudette Colbert

• Happy
• Period
• Doctor

Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.

Claudette Colbert

• Men
• Hair
• Lose

I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.

Claudette Colbert

• Business
• Claudette Colbert

I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't.

Claudette Colbert

• Start
• Instinct

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy-the mother.

Claudette Colbert

• Why
• Mother
• Enemy

Most of us don't know about happiness until it's over.

Claudette Colbert

• Happiness

Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them.

Claudette Colbert

• Sound
• Audiences

You have no idea what a long-legged gal can do without doing anything.

Claudette Colbert

• Long
• Idea

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.

Claudette Colbert

• Why
• Mother
• Grandparents