Maude Adams

I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews.

I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews.

Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.

Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.

I love Salt Lake City, but I love you and the life of work before me still better.

I love Salt Lake City, but I love you and the life of work before me still better.

I had not finished the first act before the quaint character of Peter Pan had charmed me. I could feel read more

I had not finished the first act before the quaint character of Peter Pan had charmed me. I could feel the presence of the Fairies and the Indians and the Pirates and the lost boys of Never-Never-Never Land.

The delightful sense of importance that had been mine as a child actress was taken out of me. It seemed read more

The delightful sense of importance that had been mine as a child actress was taken out of me. It seemed as if anyone could do better than I did. In every part I was worse than in the one before, and even my mother admitted that it would be a mercy if gestures could be dispensed with entirely.