Louise Brooks

right|thumb|Louise Brooks in 1927 Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985), born Mary Louise Brooks, was an American silent film actress, dancer, model, showgirl and writer. Quotes I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it will be with a knife. Lulu in Hollywood (1982) I have been taking stock of my 50 years since I left Wichita. How I have existed fills me with horror for I failed in everything. Spelling, arithmetic, writing, swimming, tennis, golf, dancing, singing, acting, wife, mistress, whore, friend, even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of not trying. I tried with all my heart. Looking for Lulu (1998) I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept it without wishing I had given it away. Louise Brooks: 'If I Ever Bore You, It’ll Be with a Knife.’ We were Midwesterners born in the Bible Belt of Anglo-Saxon farmers, who prayed in the parlor and practised incest in the barn. https://www.jimcarrollsblog.com/blog/2021/4/28/louise-brooksnbspif-i-ever-bore-you-itll-be-with-a-knife The rest of the girls wore smiles as fixed as their towering feather headdresses. I decided right then that onstage I would never smile unless I felt like it. https://www.jimcarrollsblog.com/blog/2021/4/28/louise-brooksnbspif-i-ever-bore-you-itll-be-with-a-knife Most beautiful dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter. https://www.jimcarrollsblog.com/blog/2021/4/28/louise-brooksnbspif-i-ever-bore-you-itll-be-with-a-knife I was simply playing myself, which is the hardest thing in the world to do – if you know that it’s hard. I didn’t, so it seemed easy. https://www.jimcarrollsblog.com/blog/2021/4/28/louise-brooksnbspif-i-ever-bore-you-itll-be-with-a-knife A well-dressed woman, even if her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world. ‘A well-dressed woman I was navigating, but not seeing. a success away from home External links Louise Brooks Society Category:Actresses from Kansas Category:Dancers from the United States Category:Models from the United States Category:Memoirists from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States Category:LGBT people Category:Catholics from the United States Category:1906 births Category:1985 deaths