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Quotation by Greta Garbo
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Greta Garbo (8)Additional Sources
as quoted in The Divine Garbo by Frederick Sands and Sven Broman (1979)Related Subjects
theater (45) movie (12) imagination (6) audiences (5) emotion (4) plays (4) truth (4) play (3) fame (3)
The Temptress has now been shown here—terrible. The story, Garbo, everything is extremely bad. It is no exaggeration to say that I was dreadful. I was tired, I couldn't sleep and everything went wrong. But the main reason is, I suppose, that I'm no actress.
Greta Garbo (1905–1990), Swedish actor; relocated to the United States. As quoted in The Divine Garbo, ch. 4, by Frederick Sands and Sven Broman (1979).
Written in a letter to her Swedish friend, Lars Saxon, in 1926. The Temptress was Garbo's second American movie; during production, Garbo's sister had died and her director and mentor, fellow Swede Mauritz Stiller (1883-1928), had been fired by the studio executive. Though the film made her a star, this was her assessment of it. She would come to be judged by many critics the greatest actress in the history of the movies.
Written in a letter to her Swedish friend, Lars Saxon, in 1926. The Temptress was Garbo's second American movie; during production, Garbo's sister had died and her director and mentor, fellow Swede Mauritz Stiller (1883-1928), had been fired by the studio executive. Though the film made her a star, this was her assessment of it. She would come to be judged by many critics the greatest actress in the history of the movies.
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