Ginger Rogers Quotes

I do everything the man does, only backwards and in high heels!

The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

When two people love each other, they don't look at each other, they look in the same direction.

Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time.

You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything.

The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun, joy and happiness. This is my gift.

Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood.

I don't care what the critics say. My fabulous mom will give me a good review if nobody else does.

There's nothing a man can do, that i can't do better and in heels

I believe in dressing for the occasion. There's a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz.

My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months.

When you're happy, you don't count the years.

Looking back at my life's voyage, I can only say that it has been a golden trip.

If I've learned any one lesson from life, it's this: If you don't stand for something, you will stand for anything.

The fun, joy, and humor dry up in a relationship when one of the partners is swimming in gin. To my way of thinking, it is selfishness personified to see life through the bottom of a liquor bottle.

I did everything he did but backwards & in high heels.

There are no small parts. Only small actors.

My faith in humanity leads me to believe that people are looking for something more elevating than the sordid details of the intimate aspects of one's personal life.

My love for ice cream emerged at an early age - and has never left!

The kids today, they think they can dance with their faces.

I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. 'Harlow,' based on the life of actress Jean Harlow... I didn't know at the time that 'Harlow' would be my last motion picture.

I yearned for a long, happy marriage with one person.

Hollywood is like an empty wastebasket.

Like most actors, I've always been grateful for Chinese restaurants; they were often the only places that stayed open late enough for performers to get hot food after the show.

I try to feed my hunger rather than my appetite.

Girls can do everything men can do...just backwards and in heels

You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women.

You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you.

Intelligence, adaptability and talent. And by talent I mean the capacity for hard work. Lots of girls come here with little but good looks. Beauty is a valuable asset, but it is not the whole cheese.

Gossip is hardly uplifting.

I've got enough nerve to do anything!

I won't go to movies with permissiveness, four-letter words, or violence. Show me 'E.T.' and 'Chariots of Fire' instead. That's entertainment, not exploitation of the human body.

I cannot abide stupidity, in myself or in others.

People are still people no matter how you cut it.

Even married people have differences of opinion, I'm told.

Beauty is a valuable asset, but it is not the whole cheese.

One thing I turn my back on totally is the unsavory atmosphere at most discos.

I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I'm not being immodest when I say I'm a natural athlete.

I don't know which I like best. I love the applause on the stage. But pictures are so fascinating - you reach many millions through them. And you make more money too.

At the age of ten, I thought if a boy kissed you on the lips, you would have a baby, and I surely wasn't the only youngster who believed that!

My mother was a journalist, so writing is not unnatural to me.