Cecil B. DeMille Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Creation is a drug I can't do without.

It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.

Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

What I have crossed out I didn't like. What I haven't crossed out I'm dissatisfied with.

Trivia

DeMille's personal papers and documents are stored in the archives of Brigham Young University.

DeMille's airline, Mercury Aviation, was the first airline in the United States to carry passengers on a regular basis.

DeMille's first talking picture was Dynamite released in 1929.

DeMille was planning a film on space exploration at the time of his death.

Politically, DeMille was a conservative Republican.

DeMille made his Broadway debut as an actor in 1900.

DeMille designed the uniforms worn by cadets at the United States Air Force Academy.

DeMille's nickname was "C. B."

DeMille stood 5 feet, 11 inches tall in his prime.

DeMille was awarded a Golden Globe in 1953 as Best Director for The Greatest Show on Earth.

DeMille never won an Academy Award for Best Director but in 1953 The Greatest Show on Earth won for Best Picture.

DeMille once appeared as the Mystery Guest on an episode of What's My Line?

DeMille hosted the Lux Radio Theatre from 1936 to 1944.

DeMille and his wife had one biological child, a daughter, and later adopted a daughter and two sons.

DeMille appeared as himself in the classic 1950 film Sunset Boulevard.

As a young man, DeMille studied acting at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Parents' names were Henry and Beatrice DeMille.