"To be a success an actress must have the face of Venus, the brain of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of Macaulay, the figure of Juno and the hide of a rhinoceros."

(Ethel Barrymore, nome d'arte di Ethel Mae Blythe, attrice; Filadelfia, 15 agosto 1879 – Hollywood, 18 giugno 1959)