Dame Joan Sutherland

Famous quotes containing the words joan sutherland, dame and/or joan:

    “If I weren’t reasonably placid, I don’t think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, you’ve got to be absolutely like a horse.”
    —Joan Sutherland (b. 1926)

    “You know, a dame with a rod is like a guy with a knitting needle.”
    —Geoffrey Homes (1902–1977)

    “Ah, Marilyn, Hollywood’s Joan of Arc, our Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb. Well, let me tell you, she was mean, terribly mean. The meanest woman I have ever known in this town. I am appalled by this Marilyn Monroe cult. Perhaps it’s getting to be an act of courage to say the truth about her. Well, let me be courageous. I have never met anyone as utterly mean as Marilyn Monroe. Nor as utterly fabulous on the screen, and that includes Garbo.”
    —Billy Wilder (b. 1906)