Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon Jones, better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American film, stage, and television actress, as well as screenwriter and playwright. Gordon began her career performing on Broadway at age nineteen. Known for her nasal voice and distinct personality, she gained international visibility and critical acclaim for film roles which continued into her seventies and eighties. Her later work included performances in Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude, and the Clint Eastwood films Every Which Way but Looseand Any Which...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth30 October 1896
CityQuincy, MA
CountryUnited States of America
In our family we don't divorce our men - we bury them.
Anything that begins 'I don't know how to tell you this' is never good news.
So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?
You have to have a talent for having talent.
I think there is one smashing rule: never face the facts.
Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.
Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.
Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs.
The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she's just practicing?....
Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then youre bound to live life fully.
If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on a blueprint, and don't face facts-what can stop you? If I don't make it today, I'll come in tomorrow.
The good that men do lives after them.
Don't face the facts.
Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.