Gloria Vanderbilt
Gloria Vanderbilt
Gloria Laura Vanderbiltis an American artist, author, actress, heiress, and socialite. During the 1930s, she was the subject of a high-profile child custody trial in which her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and her paternal aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, both sought custody of the child Gloria and control over her $5 million trust fund. The trial, called the "trial of the century" by the press, was the subject of wide, sensational press coverage due to the wealth and notoriety of the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth20 February 1924
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Everything in life is elusive.
A work of fiction is conceived very much the same way as a dream occurs in the mind of a sleeper.
Sinatra created a kind of magic. You want those people to be part of your life.
When anybody says, 'Why me?' Why is 'me' exempt?
And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me.
When I started travelling, I would go to a city and be on television and I used to get the question, 'Why do you work? If I were you, I'd just go and lie on a beach somewhere.' And I'd answer, 'Well, I wanted to make something of my life.
I'm a ham. I always like to answer spontaneously.
I was born during an eclipse. I believe very much in astrology. If you were born on an eclipse it indicates your destiny is chaotic.
To be pregnant has been for me each time the supreme joy ... I was doing the greatest thing in the world without having to do anything -- all I had to do was be.
I think something wonderful is going to happen to me. Maybe tomorrow. The phone can ring and your whole life can change.
I've had many, many loves. I always feel that something wonderful is going to happen. And it always does.
I do spend money. I like to spend money, on houses - on furnishing houses. And I love to give presents to people. It's just in my nature to be that way. I always spent money I had. And I always spent what I made. I'm not stingy.
...that is the best-to laugh with someone because you both think the same things are funny.
The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you