Quotes About Carole Lombard
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Carole Lombard:
“She brought great joy to all who knew her and to millions who knew her only as a great artist. She gave unselfishly of time and talent to serve her government in peace and war. She loved her country. She is and always will be a star, one we shall never forget, nor cease to be grateful to.”
Clark Gable On Carole Lombard:
“With her, it was like music, it was completely natural.”
William Powell on Carole Lombard (right before their marriage):
“Would I hate to give up my freedom? [he asked, repeating a reporter's question] the greatest disillusions of the world. We think we want it above all things, but when we get it, what in the world can we do with it! What’s the fun of going places and seeing things if there isn’t someone important to share the thrill of traveling! What’s the fun of accomplishing things if there isn’t someone, who means a lot, to applaud and tell you what a remarkable fellow you are! I’ve had a great many years of the ‘coveted freedom.’ I’ve found that I can be the loneliest in the most crowded places when all I have to celebrate with is … freedom. I think I’m getting the most wonderful girl in the world. Freedom? I’d trade every bit of it for a few hours with Carole! We open secret doors in one another’s personalities. We’ve found that we are new people to each other. Carole is supposed to be the sophisticated type. I’m supposed to be suave and polished–I’m supposed to drip with polish and slide with suavity. Well, it isn’t true. We are both the shyest, most sensitive people you’ll ever know. Carole’s supposed sophistication is just a mask she has used to get over the hard bumps of life. Nobody knows where I got my reputation for suaveness. After our honeymoon we’re going to settle down in the old-fashioned idea of a calm and very unexciting life-as exciting live are judged in Hollywood. We have a few close friends who mean much to us. We’re going to play tennis and quietly attend theaters-other than opening nights-and take drives to the beaches and get our own meals on the cook’s day out and go places and do things-always together. I’ve found a pal, a sweetheart, a friend, a wife-let those who will keep their freedom!”
Desi Arnaz On Carole Lombard:
“Carole had a quality which is rare. You can count the women who have had it on the fingers of one hand. Carole, while doing the wild antics of a clown…could make you laugh, and yet at the same time make you want to go to bed with her.”
Film Director Mitchell Leisen On Carole Lombard:
“We called her The Profane Angel because she looked like an angel but she swore like a sailor. She was the only woman I ever knew who could tell a dirty story without losing her femininity.”
Barbara Stanwyck on Carole Lombard:
“She was so alive, modern, frank, and natural that she stands out like a beacon on a lightship in this odd place called Hollywood.
William Wellman on Carole Lombard:
“She was the greatest star in the world. . .the greatest actress. . .she could do anything.”
David Shipman on Carole Lombard:
“There is a strong case to be made for the divinity of Carole Lombard. One is certain that at Olympian banquets, she’s right up there next to Zeus.”
