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Most actors are basically neurotic people. Terribly, terribly unhappy. That's one of the reasons they become actors. Nobody well adjusted would ever want to expose himself or herself to a large group of strangers. Think of it. Insanity! Generally, by their very nature - that is if they're at all dedicated - actors do not make good parents. They are altogether egotistical and selfish. The better the actor - and I hate to say it, the bigger the star - why, the more that seems to be true. Honestly, I don't think I've ever known one - not one! - star who was successfully able to combine a career and family life

Margaret Sullavan

You'll never learn to act in Hollywood. Not in a thousand years.

Margaret Sullavan

It's my nature to go around in high spirits most of the time and then to collapse.

Margaret Sullavan

Margaret Sullavan

Margaret Sullavan

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Born: May 16, 1909

Died: January 1, 1960 (aged 50)

Bio: Margaret Brooke Sullavan was an American stage and film actress.

Known for:

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Three Comrades (1938)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
The Shopworn Angel (1938)
The Good Fairy (1935)

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