Top 35 Anna Held Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I know I am very beautiful.”

— Anna Held

2. “It is quite lovely being single, and I much prefer it.”

— Anna Held

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3. “How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy.”

— Anna Held

4. “I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.”

— Anna Held

5. “An idea is our visual reaction to something seen – in real life, in our memory, in our imagination, in our dreams.”

— Anna Held

6. “I think the eyes flirt most. There are so many ways to use them.”

— Anna Held

7. “I don’t want to get married, and I don’t want to work after I’m 30, so I must manage my fortune somehow in the next seven years.”

— Anna Held

8. “A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet.”

— Anna Held

9. “I do not care for the money, just for the glory.”

— Anna Held

10. “Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, It is not good for a woman to live alone.”

— Anna Held

11. “It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.”

— Anna Held

12. “A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.”

— Anna Held

13. “I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use an leads to nothing.”

— Anna Held

14. “I was very adept at acquiring languages.”

— Anna Held

15. “Some women flirt more with what they say, and some with what they do.”

— Anna Held

16. “For a married woman to flirt is a sin.”

— Anna Held

17. “I am very, very proud of my ability as a cook.”

— Anna Held

18. “I want to see people turn and writhe; make them feel things they cannot see and sometimes do not know.”

— Anna Held

19. “If I get married, I think I’d pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow.”

— Anna Held

20. “Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.”

— Anna Held

21. “I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.”

— Anna Held

22. “I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are part of me.”

— Anna Held

23. “Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age.”

— Anna Held

24. “You’ll never catch a man if you let him think you are too smart.”

— Anna Held

25. “It is all very well for so-called sensible people to recommend flat heels and short skirts, but most of us prefer not to be sensible.”

— Anna Held

26. “I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.”

— Anna Held

27. “I hadn’t even dreamed of getting another Academy Award, and there I was unhappy in my private life and miserable, i remember Clifford Odets drove me three times around the Biltmore, where the Oscars were given out, because I was so full of tears.”

— Anna Held

28. “My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.”

— Anna Held

29. “Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are such very good friends. It is only a little matter quite between ourselves.”

— Anna Held

30. “Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.”

— Anna Held

31. “You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.”

— Anna Held

32. “I do not like vaudeville, but what can I do? It likes me.”

— Anna Held

33. “I do not say anything from jealousy.”

— Anna Held

34. “I don’t believe in hasty marriages.”

— Anna Held

35. “I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.”

— Anna Held