Marlene Dietrich

Actress

72 Quotes

I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.

In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it's a fact.

I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me.

I never enjoyed working in a film.

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact.

Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.

Kebanyakan wanita mencoba mengubah seorang pria, dan ketika ia telah mengubahnya, ia menjadi tidak menyukai pria itu.

If there is a supreme being, he's crazy.

Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

When you're dead, you're dead. That's it.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.

The Germans and I no longer speak the same language.

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.

Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they do not like him.

America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German - German in my soul.

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.

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