Bessie Love

Bessie Love, born Juanita Horton (September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986), was an American actress.

Quotes

 * So many people have said it that it must be true.
 * On not having been made aware of her Academy Award nomination, from
 * I had a rudimentary knowledge of dancing and had learned a bit of tap at dancing school, but it was mostly a case of picking it up as one went along.
 * On dancing in film, from
 * He taught us how to be stars. It was a case of knowing how to behave properly in a way that the public expected. Mr. Griffith really taught me everything.
 * On learning to be a star from D. W. Griffith, from
 * The pressure on everybody to produce the first all-sound motion picture was tremendous. All the big studios were engaged in this race. We worked 12 to 18 hours a day with only Sunday mornings off to catch up on sleep. For The Broadway Melody we had these huge stage settings. The bigger the set the more trouble it meant for us "sound wise". It would become a maelstrom of activity where every squeak was enlarged to a bellow.
 * On making The Broadway Melody, from The Victoria & Albert Museum
 * I began at the top, and worked my way down to the bottom.
 * Facetiously, on the downward trajectory of her career, from
 * The bottom seems to drop out of the career of an actor ... every five years.
 * On the lack of stability in her acting career, from
 * The best thing in the world that can happen to anyone is to lose everything. I know. It's happened to me on several occasions.
 * On loss and failure, from