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- Leatrice Joy: And he was always an enigma. I never solved him; I wished I had! Many people I guess had been likened to mercury but Jack Gilbert was mercury - you touch him and he'd vanish.
- Adela Rogers St. Johns: [of John Gilbert and Clara Bow] On top of having talent and looks and all those other things, it's necessary to have character. You can't do it any other way. You've got to have self-control and you've got to be able to put your life into... . The two greatest stars, I think, the two most utterly talented stars that ever were in the picture business, didn't make it.