for years since I first watched Death becomes her, I wondered who Rosellini and streep were talking about in that scene " I vant to be alone, yahh". I did some research and that's how I got here. I always thought it was " I vant to be a lawyer". silly me
I know which scene you're talking about in Death Becomes Her, but even though I didn't know Greta Garbo started the quote, "I want to be alone." is one of those iconic lines that you just grow up knowing even if you never saw a single Garbo picture before.
According to numerous sources, she was very aloof in person and hated all the pomp and circumstance that came along with Hollywood. Apparently too, whenever she wasn’t satisfied with something (a script, cast mate, etc.) she used to passively threaten with “I think I go home to Sweden....” so that her demands were met. And it would work, too! She was the reigning queen of movies at the time.
She was starting to employ more of the method acting into her art, which produced less facial exaggeration as she progressed, but coming from the silents, some of her acting is done in 'poses' so to speak, but she did progress away from that in many movies. The death scene in Camille is remarkable and in Anna Christie, her first talkie, she nailed it. You have to see more than one of her movies to grasp the greatness of Garbo. Opening scenes with Gable in Susan Lenox, I want to eat her up!
the talent of an actor is measured not by the number of Oscars , but by the created image , which is remembered longer than the life of the actor himself ...
Miss Lilly Dickinson I know right didn’t anybody ever watch cartoons? This was referenced in them more than once. And her feet and her giant cigarette holder
La Gran Greta Garbo , yo tenia todas sus Peliculas en DVD pero los tuve guardado todo ahora estan con hongos y no valen. Gracias compartir estos segmentos de los film de la Divina ✨✨
She doesn't even say "vant". . . I distinctly hear her say "WANT". People were just so mystified by the actress herself -- and her enigmatic ways -- that they had to ridicule her in any way they could, I guess. They didn't understand her like I do -- though I never had the good fortune of meeting her in person. But, as my name suggests, I firmly believe she and I are kindred spirits. (Though I hardly possess her glorious beauty.)
„If I say that Greta Garbo as the dancer is much better than I expected, that's not of small consequence. For I expected the utmost. I expected that she'd be Greta Garbo and that would have been enough! But this time she did more than usual. She played, so to speak, two roles. First, the weary, lonely dancer, aching for success and then the awakened woman experiencing a great love. I've always maintained that the ability to transform one's self constitutes great acting.... In Grand Hotel it's quite different. There were five main roles the characters were there first and then came the actors and I'm afraid that not a single one of the big stars viewed his part with much pleasure at first. Here Greta Garbo has achieved something which few people expected of her. She has fitted herself into a play and into a cast and has rendered a great performance exactly at that point where the role was contrary to her own being. The twittering, laughing, hopping about, in the tarlatan of a ballet skirt is certainly not what Greta would have sought out as her role. But she has accomplished it. She's gone the whole way which led from her first words, »I have never been so tired in my life,« to the last words, »It will be sunny in Tramezzo. We'll have a guest, Suzette.« That dead-tired face in the beginning where did Greta get those small sad lines around her mouth and forehead? Then, that face in which between laughter and tears love awakens! That face full of wanton joy when she is happy. That face full of fear when she waits for her beloved in vain. Unforgettable! Thank you, Greta Garbo.” - Vicki Baum
Ahhh , the long suffering Russian ballarina , as only Miss Garbo could play ,from Grand Hotel a fantastic movie with a hell of a cast , love the classic --I Vant To be Alone !!! -- she said it a third time in the next scene with John Barrymore who kept her from taking her life , truly classic movie , thanks for posting .
I once bought a tee shirt at the old Orson Welles Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. (sadly, it burned down in the early 80s) that had a picture of Greta Garbo on it with the caption "I Want to be Alone". Whenever I didn't want intrusions or to be bothered, I enjoyed wearing it! She was a truly great actress!
i heard about the quote, and i also heard about her *supposed* correction: "I never said, "I want to be alone." I only said, "I want to be let alone! There is all the difference." I'm not sure, kinda sounds like she wants to be alone here.
I relate to Greta more than any other old hollywood actress. Her presence, her composure, her way of life... She understood the meaning of loving ones own company.
I think in some movies she was a great actress. Some scripts weren't so great, but overall, she did quite well. I don't think people realize how hard that woman worked. She had to learn English once she got to America. But it worked for her, the accent and the way she got some words turned around. Made her more endearing to us I think. In Anna Christie she looks kind of plain, but in close up production still shots, she is beautiful as always. Then she did the same movie speaking German! Unreal!
i'd consider her a great actress considering how hard she worked to get to where she was. the transition from silent to talkies weeded out many actors, and Greta hardly speaking English, had such a heavy accent, surpassed those hurdles with grace. if her performance here does not move you, watch Camille and she will bring you to tears.
I saw Garbo in this flic at MoMA in NY. My first impression with her acting was wtf. However after subsequent viewings of Grand Hotel, I became fascinated at her affected performance, but it was her overall gestures and voice that helped me to understand Grusinskaya (over the top bi/polar) world-weary despair and expansive transformation of pure joy & radiant love. How she will handle the news of her dead lover, leaves one feeling sympathy for her brief moment of happiness.
when my computer crashed and this clip played after a spooky series of events during which NONE of Garbo's clips would import.... I was FREAKED OUT! ...
NO, I don't think it's bad. I think she would get a kick out of it. She worked like hell on that image, she would be happy to know it's still working after all these years "all right, all right" (Quote from Anna Christie.)
@Izybellaz Perhaps in "Grand hotel" her acting seems a bit too much . But in "Queen Christine" , "Mata Hari" "Ninotchka" "Anna Karenina" and "Camille" she was great. she made me cry at the end of "Camille"
catokeeffe I'm fairly certain the cheery tone serves the purpose of juxtaposition. Her melancholy is in clear contrast to the opulent surroundings of the titular setting. I believe the score emphasizes that brilliantly if indeed that was the intention.
Greta knew that the public worshipped youth and was wise to get out of movies when she did. They always describe her as looking as if she was lit from within but in those days the stars wore thick pancake makeup and the only thing that counted was the texture of their skin.
Actually, her accent varied. Sometime she got it right, sometimes she didn't. In Anna Christie, sometimes she would say 'just', other times it was 'yust' for example. As time went on she got it right more often, but still had trouble understanding subtle things. Like trying to figure out why it was once okay to say 'gay' in America, then trying to understand its change in meaning over the yrs. Her friend Sam Green talked quite openly abt her struggles getting it right with words.
Anna Christie is a bad example because the director asked her to feign her accent to be more likely to a swedish girl recently broad to America. By that time she lived in there and had and excellent american accent.
"death become her" movie brought me here!
me too ))
+Rockman96 mee three😆
paulimadonna omg me too!! thas hella funny 😅😅🎬
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" I Vant to be alone... Yahh".
Death Becomes Her 😂😂😂
Karen Wingo NO! She's not!
Solitude is bliss. Greta knew. I prefer being alone too.
@ROBERTO63526 Leave him alone he said!
Introverts UNITE! ...Online...
I was always a lonesome soul. Love you Greta. Mind your hats.
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for years since I first watched Death becomes her, I wondered who Rosellini and streep were talking about in that scene " I vant to be alone, yahh". I did some research and that's how I got here. I always thought it was " I vant to be a lawyer". silly me
I always thought she said, "I want to be a lawyer" too! After watching it today I researched and ended up here..... It all makes sense now, yay!
+Zama Hlomela I saw that movie too, one of my favorites!
I know which scene you're talking about in Death Becomes Her, but even though I didn't know Greta Garbo started the quote, "I want to be alone." is one of those iconic lines that you just grow up knowing even if you never saw a single Garbo picture before.
did some research = google it and click on first link.
Zama Hlomela same here
"I'm so tired--I've never been so tired" Perfect line, too! Man, can I relate!!
Ol age comes
1:21-1:35 - Great feet/ballet slippers scene. She takes the ballet shoes in her hands and caress them.
I wonder how many people are upset that she didn't actually say, "I Vaaant to be alone *dramatic gasp* "
According to numerous sources, she was very aloof in person and hated all the pomp and circumstance that came along with Hollywood. Apparently too, whenever she wasn’t satisfied with something (a script, cast mate, etc.) she used to passively threaten with “I think I go home to Sweden....” so that her demands were met. And it would work, too! She was the reigning queen of movies at the time.
Because she is the only star to this day who so assiduously avoided the public. Like she applied for her private life: I want to be alone.
She was starting to employ more of the method acting into her art, which produced less facial exaggeration as she progressed, but coming from the silents, some of her acting is done in 'poses' so to speak, but she did progress away from that in many movies. The death scene in Camille is remarkable and in Anna Christie, her first talkie, she nailed it. You have to see more than one of her movies to grasp the greatness of Garbo. Opening scenes with Gable in Susan Lenox, I want to eat her up!
Im glad im not the only person who has seen death becomes her and got that referance XD
Best line of all time...
the talent of an actor is measured not by the number of Oscars , but by the created image , which is remembered longer than the life of the actor himself ...
Lol at the references of Death Becomes her
Miss Lilly Dickinson I know right didn’t anybody ever watch cartoons? This was referenced in them more than once. And her feet and her giant cigarette holder
It was Garbo’s way of saying “Fuck off”
yea she vant to be alone in real life too
La Gran Greta Garbo , yo tenia todas sus Peliculas en DVD pero los tuve guardado todo ahora estan con hongos y no valen. Gracias compartir estos segmentos de los film de la Divina ✨✨
When she died I was a child but with the years I've grown more and more fond of this woman. I think she really deserves the appellative "Divine"
The most beautiful woman who ever lived in my opinion! One of my role models! Thank you Greta!
Farrah Fawcett was ♥
@@drewidrie2396 yes indeed she was for in our time period. It’s a shame she had to leave us so soon.
She vonts to be alone you silly beeches.
@@chrisf5053 Lmaooo
I never saw that movie, but I think I found her famous quote.
PANASONIC SMART TV
Okay.....
- Do you want to be alone, comrade?
- No
She doesn't even say "vant". . . I distinctly hear her say "WANT". People were just so mystified by the actress herself -- and her enigmatic ways -- that they had to ridicule her in any way they could, I guess. They didn't understand her like I do -- though I never had the good fortune of meeting her in person. But, as my name suggests, I firmly believe she and I are kindred spirits. (Though I hardly possess her glorious beauty.)
"When the legend becomes fact-print the legend."
I herd want to be alone
It’s because in death becomes her The lady who sells her the potion had an accent . that’s why I think people hear it that way . 😊
Mandela effect?
„If I say that Greta Garbo as the dancer is much better than I expected, that's not of small consequence. For I expected the utmost. I expected that she'd be Greta Garbo and that would have been enough! But this time she did more than usual. She played, so to speak, two roles. First, the weary, lonely dancer, aching for success and then the awakened woman experiencing a great love. I've always maintained that the ability to transform one's self constitutes great acting.... In Grand Hotel it's quite different. There were five main roles the characters were there first and then came the actors and I'm afraid that not a single one of the big stars viewed his part with much pleasure at first. Here Greta Garbo has achieved something which few people expected of her. She has fitted herself into a play and into a cast and has rendered a great performance exactly at that point where the role was contrary to her own being. The twittering, laughing, hopping about, in the tarlatan of a ballet skirt is certainly not what Greta would have sought out as her role. But she has accomplished it. She's gone the whole way which led from her first words, »I have never been so tired in my life,« to the last words, »It will be sunny in Tramezzo. We'll have a guest, Suzette.« That dead-tired face in the beginning where did Greta get those small sad lines around her mouth and forehead? Then, that face in which between laughter and tears love awakens! That face full of wanton joy when she is happy. That face full of fear when she waits for her beloved in vain. Unforgettable! Thank you, Greta Garbo.” - Vicki Baum
she said: "I want to be alone"
Grande, Divina!!
Sigh, I feel your pain! ):
una de las Artistas mas bellas del cine mundial
Ahhh , the long suffering Russian ballarina , as only Miss Garbo could play ,from Grand Hotel a fantastic movie with a hell of a cast , love the classic --I Vant To be Alone !!! -- she said it a third time in the next scene with John Barrymore who kept her from taking her life , truly classic movie , thanks for posting .
Death Becomes Her brought me here. Now I know...
I once bought a tee shirt at the old Orson Welles Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. (sadly, it burned down in the early 80s) that had a picture of Greta Garbo on it with the caption "I Want to be Alone". Whenever I didn't want intrusions or to be bothered, I enjoyed wearing it! She was a truly great actress!
OMGG! ➲ HOPE THEY WOULD ONCE AGAIN MAKE A BROADCAST OF THE ICONIC MOVIE OF ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTRESS in history.. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!! ✘♥︎✘♥︎
Unica,sola,inimitabile grande Divina.
Well ok, she wanted to be a loan! But who got to borrow her?!
Dear ones, now I am a member of youtube I wish to share with you the divine love for this glorious woman Garbo.
She was just marvelous performing a ballerina, and that scene is from there to eternity: "I want to be alone". Great film is Grand Hotel.
0:27 part where Miss Garbo says her iconic line
She got Greta Garbo"s standoff sighs.
SIEMMMPREVIVA!!! LIVE FOREVAH!!
i heard about the quote, and i also heard about her *supposed* correction: "I never said, "I want to be alone." I only said, "I want to be let alone! There is all the difference."
I'm not sure, kinda sounds like she wants to be alone here.
well you can start with "Ninotchka" and "Camille" wich are my favorites movie with Garbo..
Cool the same birthday.
she was amazing
So beautiful
I relate to Greta more than any other old hollywood actress. Her presence, her composure, her way of life...
She understood the meaning of loving ones own company.
I think in some movies she was a great actress. Some scripts weren't so great, but overall, she did quite well. I don't think people realize how hard that woman worked. She had to learn English once she got to America. But it worked for her, the accent and the way she got some words turned around. Made her more endearing to us I think. In Anna Christie she looks kind of plain, but in close up production still shots, she is beautiful as always. Then she did the same movie speaking German! Unreal!
Do never forget the original, "I want to be left alone".
i love her grand hotel
so would I !
i'd consider her a great actress considering how hard she worked to get to where she was. the transition from silent to talkies weeded out many actors, and Greta hardly speaking English, had such a heavy accent, surpassed those hurdles with grace. if her performance here does not move you, watch Camille and she will bring you to tears.
I didn't know that about movie history.
She is all that I want in my life... She is my unique example to follow.
I saw Garbo in this flic at MoMA in NY. My first impression with her acting was wtf. However after subsequent viewings of Grand Hotel, I became fascinated at her affected performance, but it was her overall gestures and voice that helped me to understand Grusinskaya (over the top bi/polar) world-weary despair and expansive transformation of pure joy & radiant love. How she will handle the news of her dead lover, leaves one feeling sympathy for her brief moment of happiness.
when my computer crashed and this clip played after a spooky series of events during which NONE of Garbo's clips would import.... I was FREAKED OUT! ...
perfection #love
I love it.
She’s the woman with Marilyn Monroe and Andy Warhol in Death Becomes Her 😂
I must watch the entire movie !
the music is so cheery
Happy Birthday Miss Garbo :)
I watched a fucking 30 second commercial for this? Bullshit.
Here after watching my fav movie “DEATH BECOMES HER”
THX I FOUND HER LINE PUT IT ON GRAND TRAILER
I vant to be alone 🤣🤣🤣
I prefer to be alone too
Now I know where the term "Drama Queen" comes from.
man if i had a dime every time i quoted this unintentionally
Well you got your wish
@saynotoursoap Thanks for the clarification! makes her more of a regular human being--but she's still divine, of course.
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A nice bit of Tchaikovsky in the background (June)
I know how she feels
❤❤❤❤
And now a warning...
be alone in real life too --nice good superrr!@
It's usually not considered good form to be so obvious about your bitterness at not getting any.
RAAARITY!
People apparently talked on the phone REALLYRAPIDLY in the '30s.
NO, I don't think it's bad. I think she would get a kick out of it. She worked like hell on that image, she would be happy to know it's still working after all these years "all right, all right" (Quote from Anna Christie.)
I kind of like the smell of my shoes as well.
Chill out Rarity!
...and with the Coronavirus...she IS alone!
So that's where that line is from
ela esta viva!
Man. Ballerinas are wild! Lol.
@Izybellaz Perhaps in "Grand hotel" her acting seems a bit too much . But in "Queen Christine" , "Mata Hari" "Ninotchka" "Anna Karenina" and "Camille" she was great. she made me cry at the end of "Camille"
The music just makes this impossible to take seriously.
catokeeffe I'm fairly certain the cheery tone serves the purpose of juxtaposition. Her melancholy is in clear contrast to the opulent surroundings of the titular setting. I believe the score emphasizes that brilliantly if indeed that was the intention.
Oh dear
Greta knew that the public worshipped youth and was wise to get out of movies when she did. They always describe her as looking as if she was lit from within but in those days the stars wore thick pancake makeup and the only thing that counted was the texture of their skin.
Actually, her accent varied. Sometime she got it right, sometimes she didn't. In Anna Christie, sometimes she would say 'just', other times it was 'yust' for example. As time went on she got it right more often, but still had trouble understanding subtle things. Like trying to figure out why it was once okay to say 'gay' in America, then trying to understand its change in meaning over the yrs. Her friend Sam Green talked quite openly abt her struggles getting it right with words.
Anna Christie is a bad example because the director asked her to feign her accent to be more likely to a swedish girl recently broad to America. By that time she lived in there and had and excellent american accent.
Aloha
@angua21 Pardon? I was just saying that this line was referenced in MLP: FiM when Rarity said it. I'm a brony, you know.
@angua21 It's fine :D First person I've met on youtube that's genuinely polite.
Nadie mas que la Divina Greta Garbo , me parece que la actriz que se asemeja en belleza y excelencia es Glenn Close.
Solo por rubias y tipo Nordico despues nose parecen NADA
Anybody know the name of the song? I recognise the melody but not sure what the name is. Marlene Dietrich had sung and recorded it too.
They say no man an island, but dats not rly true. Some ppl arent meant to be together, n some ppl just arent meant for anybody at all
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What is that song?
ummmm where is anyone hating on garbo?
Un 15 de abril fallecía Greta Garbo :,(
I just saw the movie. I wanted more scenes with Greta, but I liked the movie anyway.
Isabella Rossalini?
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quiero estar sola mierda carajo