“You live in the present and you eliminate things that don’t matter. You don’t carry the burden of the past. I’m not impressed by the past very much. The past bores me, to tell you the truth; it really bores me. I don’t remember many movies and certainly not my own.” – Paulette Goddard
“Blondeness is a state of mind.” — Paulette Goddard
Source: 1926
“Did I hear someone say platinum blondes are out and golden blondes have taken their place? Well, I am not prepared to argue for either side. But I do know Paulette Goddard with locks of a decided platinum hue, has cast her lot with the Hal Roach studios. Miss Goddard, according to her reliable press agent, is a New York society debutante and stage actress who made tests at Universal before she joined up with the Roach company.” — Louella O. Parsons in 1932
Franklin Ardell, Norma Shearer, Paulette Goddard and Charles Chaplin pose for a photo on Joe Schenk’s yacht at Catalina Island on September 27, 1934.
“She has every quality I am seeking. Youth, abundant vitality and, above all else, freshness. How I hope she can act!” — Charles Chaplin
Source: 1936
Photo: Modern Times (1936)
“Actors and actresses who say they never go to see their own pictures are talking through their hats. You don’t have to be a Freud to know that the most fascinating person in the world – actors or anybody – is yourself.” — Paulette Goddard
Photo by Eugene R. Richee
“Being ageless comes from having interests – an awareness of what is going on around you. And from exercise.” — Paulette Goddard
Source: Lydia Lane
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Artist: Germaine Verna; Year: 1955; Oil on canvas; 39 1/4″ x 31 7/2″
