Langtry Quotes

I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying. ~ Lillie Langtry

Each little chapter has its place. ~ Lillie Langtry

Oh my God. I just got dumped by a red headed mortician in a funeral home named Crummy's, after pretending to be a circus freak at a visitation I had just crashed. I was pretty sure there'd be no bouncing back from this. -Dakota Bombay ~ Leslie Langtry

I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress. ~ Lillie Langtry

On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them. ~ Lillie Langtry

Dekker kicked out, connecting with my left shin, and I dropped him for a second. That was all the time he needed to grab a weapon. Without thinking I pulled out a similar item for the box. And that was how we ended up fighting a duel with plastic lightsabers. We must have looked strange - two middle aged men slashing away at each other with toy swords complete with sound effects. ~ Leslie Langtry

My agent tells me I am drawing the largest salary ever paid in the halls of England. Wonderful, isn't it? for a quiet, rural gardener like myself. ~ Lillie Langtry

It is [every woman's] right to ignore the dictates of fashion and dress in a manner that is becoming to her own character and personality. ~ Lillie Langtry

I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing. ~ Lillie Langtry

After being so bad I could hear the angels singing. ~ Lillie Langtry

I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear. ~ Lillie Langtry

The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~ Lillie Langtry

Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me? ~ Lillie Langtry

It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed. ~ Lillie Langtry

I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco. ~ Lillie Langtry

Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead. ~ Lillie Langtry

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on. ~ Lillie Langtry

A teenage boy with a Mohawk sat across from me, sneering. I'd seen that look before. Why was it a problem to knit in public?
"My grandma knits."
I ignored him.
"So what are you making, Grandma?" Mohawk's voice was ugly.
I arched my eyebrow. "A cashmere cock ring. Your grandma ever knit one of those?"
The kid's eyes grew wide, and he suddenly became very interested in a four-year-old issue of Teen Vogue. ~ Leslie Langtry

I do not regret one moment of my life. ~ Lillie Langtry

I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be. ~ Lillie Langtry

My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France. ~ Lillie Langtry

I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less. ~ Lillie Langtry

I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done. ~ Lillie Langtry

I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage. ~ Lillie Langtry

It was so kind of you to mention that I don't wear stays. What's the point? If you squeeze it in at one point, it only comes out at the other. ~ Lillie Langtry

I'm not afraid. I never liked long last acts. ~ Lillie Langtry

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain. ~ Lillie Langtry

No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me. ~ Lillie Langtry

Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over. ~ Lillie Langtry