Quotes by Joan Fontaine

About Joan Fontaine:

Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland was a British American actress. Fontaine began her career on the stage in 1935 and signed a contract with RKO Pictures that same year.
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I hope I'll die on stage at the age at 105, playing Peter Pan.

Joan Fontaine

That Oscar can be a jinx... It can... damage irreparably one's relations with family, friends. It's an uneasy head that wears the crown.

Joan Fontaine

If you keep marrying as I do, you learn everybody's hobby.

Joan Fontaine

It's better to be on a soap opera to renew your career and following than to be on any other medium.

Joan Fontaine

I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to the hounds. I've done a lot of exciting things.

Joan Fontaine

Goodness knows, I tried. But I think it's virtually impossible for the right kind of man to be married to a movie star.

Joan Fontaine

My sister is a very peculiar lady. When we were young, I wasn't allowed to talk to her friends. Now I'm not allowed to talk to her children, nor are they permitted to see me. This is the nature of the lady. Doesn't bother me at all.

Joan Fontaine

Marriage, as an institution, is as dead as the dodo bird.

Joan Fontaine

Author Bio

  • NameJoan Fontaine
  • DescriptionActress
  • BornOctober 22, 1917
  • DiedDecember 15, 2013
  • CountryUnited States Of America; United Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Writer
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actress