Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.
Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.
I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.
I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.
I smoke all the time, one after the other.
I want to be alone.
I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong.
I'm tired and nervous and I'm in America. Here you don't know that you live.
If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is.
If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single.
Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?
It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.
Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.
My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.
The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.
There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.
There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.
There is no one who would have me - I can't cook.
There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.
This is where I have wasted the best years of my life.
You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.
Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them.
Garbo was pictured on a U. S. commemorative postage stamp issued on September 23, 2005.
Garbo's older sister, Alva, appeared in a couple of Swedish films and showed great promise as an actress but died of tuberculosis in 1926 at the age of 23.
Garbo's favorite of her films was Camille.
Garbo frequently used the alias Harriet Brown when traveling.
Garbo's first speaking words on-screen in the movie Anna Christie were, "Gimme a whiskey with ginger ale on the side and don't be stingy, baby."
Garbo never said, "I want to be alone" except as a line in one of her movies. She said regarding dealings with fans, media, etc., "I want to be let alone."
Legally changed her name to Greta Garbo on November 9, 1923.
During her American film career only one actor was ever billed above Garbo in the credits--Ricardo Cortez in The Torrent, Garbo's first American film.
Voted the 25th greatest movie star of all-time by Entertainment Weekly magazine.
Garbo was reportedly friends with Greek shipping tycoom Aristotle Onassis.
Garbo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard.
In the mid-50's, Garbo purchased a seven room apartment in New York City at 450 East 52nd Street. She lived there for the remainder of her life.
Garbo became a naturalized U.S. citizen on February 9, 1951.
Garbo had a contract dispute with MGM in 1932 and did not appear on-screen again for two years.
Garbo's first major film success was the 1924 Swedish film Gosta Berlings Saga.
Garbo's first film appearances came in a series of advertising shorts made by the department store where she was employed.
Garbo had an older sister named Alva and an older brother named Sven. Like her father, Garbo's sister also died at a young age.
Garbo's favorite drink was reportedly Cutty Sark Scotch whiskey.
Garbo was a huge fan of the game show Hollywood Squares and reportedly wrote panelist Paul Lynde a fan letter.
Garbo got co-star Laurence Olivier replaced in the 1934 drama Queen Christina by former co-star and ex-lover John Gilbert.
Garbo's 1939 film Ninotchka was a comedy billed under the heading "Garbo Laughs!."
Dick Cavett used to have a running gag on his talk show that Garbo was backstage waiting to appear.
Garbo's mentor was Swedish director Mauritz Stiller. When Stiller was offered a contract in America by MGM he insisted that Garbo be given one too.
Garbo's father, to whom she was extremely close, passed away in 1920 when she was only 14 years old.
Garbo made her talking film debut in the 1930 movie Anna Christie.
Though Garbo and Joan Crawford starred together in Grand Hotel, the two queens of the MGM lot had no scenes together because they despised one another.
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