Clark Gable

Film & Theater USA 1901 – 1960 99 quotes

King of Hollywood in Gone with the Wind, Gable's 'Frankly, my dear' became an iconic quotable dismissal.

Quotes by Clark Gable

I became a star by default. They needed a guy who could act.

Autobiographical note 1934

Rhett Butler is closer to my own personality than any other role I ever played.

Interview 1940

Hollywood is a tough town. You have to have thick skin.

Speech 1936

I don't mind getting old, as long as I don't get respectable.

Interview 1958

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings.

Letter 1941

The best way to hold a man is in your arms.

Interview 1932

I work like hell. I'm lazy, but I just go crazy.

Interview 1937

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

Film commentary 1944

You can take all the sincerity you want out of Hollywood, but leave the naps.

Interview 1939

I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about.

Letter 1929

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable.

Military speech 1943

The more you overthink a thing, the worse you do it.

Interview 1952

I'm not handsome, but I have charm.

Interview 1931

Success is a great deodorant.

Speech 1946

I steal a few hearts and break a few more.

Film promo 1933

Life is a gamble at terrible odds, but if you don't play, you lose.

Interview 1957

The trouble with women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him.

Interview 1940

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have done anything differently.

Interview 1960

Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.

Interview 1954

A gentleman is one who never mentions what he does for a living.

Letter 1935