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
I feel that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who are this, yet allow themselves to be treated as that.
The very best impromptu speeches are the ones written well in advance.
To be somebody, you must last.
Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I will still make it!
In the old days, ptomaine poisoning was a cover-all. If you missed a show and you were young, it meant you were having an abortion. If you were old, it meant you were having a face lift.
Despair is your friend in show business. I don't believe you can act if happiness is your lot. It's the ups that keep you living and the downs that mete out talent.
At seventy-four I'm getting minor raves on my looks, but I'm caught in the middle. Who knows what seventy-four looks like? Who cares? But if I'd listened to my friends, I could now lie and say I'm eighty-four. For eighty-four, the way I look is spectacular.
Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, and you'll probably make it through the next one.
A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They're just backing away from life.
Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.
When you finally learn how to do it, you're too old for the good parts.
Vice, virtue - it's best not to be too moral. You'll cheat yourself out of too much life.
Acting is the use of human experience with talent added ...
Try something new each day. After all, we're given life to find it out. It doesn't last forever.