Author: Greta Garbo

Quotes

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

- Greta Garbo

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

- Greta Garbo

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.

- Greta Garbo

I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.

I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.

- Greta Garbo

Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.

Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.

- Greta Garbo

Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.

Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.

- Greta Garbo

I smoke all the time, one after the other.

I smoke all the time, one after the other.

- Greta Garbo

I want to be alone.

I want to be alone.

- Greta Garbo

This is where I have wasted the best years of my life.

This is where I have wasted the best years of my life.

- Greta Garbo

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