Marlene Dietrich quotes

Born
27 December 1901, Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire.

Died
6 May 1992.

Occupation
Actress, singer.

Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress.

I never ever took my career seriously.
– Marlene Dietrich

Glamour is what I sell, it’s my stock in trade.
– Marlene Dietrich

Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
– Marlene Dietrich

A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms.
– Marlene Dietrich

I am not a myth.
– Marlene Dietrich

Grumbling is the death of love.
– Marlene Dietrich

There is a lack of dignity to film stardom.
– Marlene Dietrich

The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
– Marlene Dietrich

If there is a supreme being, he’s crazy.
– Marlene Dietrich

I never enjoyed working in a film.
– Marlene Dietrich

The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
– Marlene Dietrich

I am at heart, a gentleman.
– Marlene Dietrich

Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
– Marlene Dietrich

I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.
– Marlene Dietrich

I have a child and I have made a few people happy. That is all.
– Marlene Dietrich

When you’re dead, you’re dead. That’s it.
– Marlene Dietrich

In Europe, it doesn’t matter if you’re a man or a woman – we make love with anyone we find attractive.
– Marlene Dietrich

In America, sex is an obsession, in other parts of the world it’s a fact.
– Marlene Dietrich

I’m not an actress — I’m a personality.
– Marlene Dietrich

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.
– Marlene Dietrich

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
– Marlene Dietrich

It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
– Marlene Dietrich

I’m worth more dead than alive. Don’t cry for me after I’m gone; cry for me now.
– Marlene Dietrich