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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Quote

“I was only saying to the Queen the other day how I hate name dropping.”

— Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

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What has always been at the heart of film making was the value of a script. It was really the writer who could make or break a film. But as we all know, the writer has always been at the bottom of the creative heap.

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I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed.

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I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy.

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I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my father's frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer.

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The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in 'Mommie Dearest' is not the Joan Crawford I knew back when.

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Curiously enough, I was one of the first to have some say in Hollywood. By sheer accident, I had four successes in a row in the early 30's and, although I was still in my 20's, I demanded and received approval of cast, story and director. I don't know how I got away with it, but I did!

— Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

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