Being a motion picture ...

Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy.
 Norma Shearer

Quotes from the same author

I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.
 Norma Shearer
An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other.
 Norma Shearer
It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer.
 Norma Shearer
An actress must never lose her ego -- without it she has no talent.
 Norma Shearer