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  • You know, I've had a helluva life.

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    Joan Fontaine
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    "Joan Fontaine, Oscar-winning actor, dies at 96", www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2013.

  • My sister is a very peculiar lady. When we were young, I wasn't allowed to talk to her friends. Now I'm not allowed to talk to her children, nor are they permitted to see me. This is the nature of the lady. Doesn't bother me at all.

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    Joan Fontaine
    Children   Peculiar   My Sister  
    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  • [On her troubled relationships with her daughters:] You can acquire enemies. Why give birth to them?

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    Joan Fontaine
    Daughter   Children   Giving  

  • I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia (sister Olivia de Havilland) did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it!

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    Joan Fontaine
    Olivia   Oscars   Firsts  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  • One puzzling thing about men -- they allow their sex instinct to drive them to where their intelligence never would take them.

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    Joan Fontaine
    Sex   Men   Instinct  

  • It seems there's just no room left for elegance in this paper-plate, blue-jean world. And I, for one, think it's a shame.

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    Joan Fontaine
    Thinking   Blue   World  

  • I hope I'll die on stage at the age at 105, playing Peter Pan.

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    Joan Fontaine
    Age   Peter   Stage  
    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  • Marriage, as an institution, is as dead as the dodo bird.

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    Joan Fontaine
    Bird   Dodo Bird   Institutions  
    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  • If you keep marrying as I do, you learn everybody's hobby.

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    Joan Fontaine
    Hobbies   Marrying   Ifs  
    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  • You know, I've had a helluva life. Not just the acting part. I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to the hounds. I've done a lot of exciting things.

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    Joan Fontaine
    Race   Acting   Done  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  • The main problem in marriage is that, for a man, sex is a hunger-like eating. If the man is hungry and can't get to a fancy French restaurant, he'll go to a hot dog stand. For a woman, what's important is love and romance.

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    Joan Fontaine
    Dog   Sex   Men  
    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  • The theater audience is the ultimate teacher, instructing the actor on the degree to which he has executed both the author's and the director's intent.

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    Joan Fontaine
    Teacher   Directors   Degrees  
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Joan Fontaine

  • Born: October 22, 1917
  • Died: December 15, 2013
  • Occupation: Actress
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