Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Quotes

I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.

You don't get recognized that much unless you want to get recognized, like if you go to the fancy joints and that. It's like, L.A. - there are 10 restaurants. If you want to be seen, you go.

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

I stick to my own type when I go out, and I don't make friends with people just because they're celebrities.

By no means do I try to go out and hang out with famous people.

I was always pretty popular, just cool with everybody.

The Social Register is a nice address book for some people, but that's about it.

To me, being popular means I've got more friends. You've got to watch who your friends are, if you want to get close to them, but I've got a lot of acquaintances. And then, you've got to be real careful who your friends are, because you never know why they're your friend.

I don't have big time celebrity friends - I'm just a guy.

You cannot live your life in the elitist world of fashion and not step out or you're disconnected. You have to realize that fashion is not the endgame.

I'm close with my parents. I have a lot of acquaintances, but my very good close friends are few I can count my very good friends on one hand. And that's how I like it to be.

I'm recognizable in certain circles, like girls know me, couples know me. But not all straight men know me.

I think being a Pink Lady, for me, meant that I was in the 'In Crowd.' I was one of the cooler kids.

I was one of those guys who was, I guess, socially popular in school.

I was the sort of person who wouldn't just bring one friend home after school, I'd bring half a dozen.

A lot of guys are known for the stuff they do off the golf course and who they like to hang around. It's pretty obvious who's doing that and who isn't.

Never speak disrespectfully of Society, Algernon. Only people who can’t get into it do that.

College wasn't like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names based on their obscurity.

A Tennessee Squire is an elite group of people.

Of course I took advantage of the publicity that surrounded my friendship with Princess Margaret.

Why on earth is the 'New Yorker' publishing puff pieces about pretty girls who go to parties? Does the 'New Yorker' ever run photos of cute boys just because they're cute and they come from money and they go to lots of parties?

Southern women, especially upper-middle-class women, care deeply about appearances and what other people think.

Studio 54 was the place you could never get into. Of course, the place you can't get into is the place everyone is trying to get into.

I came from an affluent family, am well-known and well-read.