The Quotable Oz
- Ray Bolger describing a dance scene later cut from the film
On previous roles:
"When I was six years old, I played Sleeping Beauty in a production an older girl concocted to raise some money for a sewing group ... That was my first acting appearance and the last time, if I may say, that I ever played a beauty of any kind."
- Margaret Hamilton
On the rise to stardom:
"We were so tired we just went to bed that evening, and the next morning there were bands playing and a big parade, and I said to another little fella, 'Boy, we must be something. They've got a special parade for us and everything.' Then I found out the parade was for Armistice Day."
- Munchkin Jerry Maren remembering his first day in Hollywood
On co-stars' skills:
"That Haley could sleep on a meathook."
- Lion Bert Lahr, jealous of his co-star's ability to sleep while in costume
"Look at you. I can't eat anything, and you guys are eating up everything in the whole world. Besides, I had gas all night."
- Bert Lahr, jealous of his co-stars' ability to eat while in costume
On taking directions:
"I come down one flight of stairs and go up another. [Director Victor Fleming] came up to me. 'Billie,' he'd say, 'I want you just to float.' Float! I felt really apologetic that I must touch earth at all."
- Billie Burke
On the lasting effects of Oz:
"A friend of mine said, 'Do you feel all right? You look so odd.' I said, 'I feel fine. What do you mean?' And she said, 'You look kind of green.' I said, 'Oh, don't be ridiculous. I am green in the daytime, but I take it off at night.' But I went and looked in the mirror, and she was quite right. I suppose the stuff gradually sort of sunk into my skin. It must have been months before my face was really normal again."
- Margaret Hamilton
Quotes were compiled from the following sources:
The Making of The Wizard of Oz by Aljean Harmetz
Judy Garland: World's Greatest Entertainer by John Fricke
Down the Yellow Brick Road by Doug McClelland
The Wizard of Oz: Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History by John Fricke, Jay Scarfone, and William Stillman
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