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1. Lillian Gish's favorite quote regarding acting came from DW Griffith, but she repeated it so often in interviews, people came to associate it with her. What was the quote?
2. Lillian Gish's acting was said to often move the grips and other workers so much they forgot what they were doing, but she rarely threw director DW Griffith off his game. However, when Gish made the film "Broken Blossoms", after filming one scene, director Griffith is supposed to have been moved to tears, and said "[Y]ou didn't tell me you were going to do it like that!" To which scene was he referring?
3. "Remodeling Her Husband", a singularly fascinating idea of a film, is sadly lost to us. It stars Lillian's sister Dorothy, and the scenario and intertitles are by the great writer Dorothy Parker. How did Lillian Gish participate in this film?
4. In "Way Down East" Gish had to lie on a real ice floe for a significant amount of time filming a sequence. As a result, what permanent damage did she suffer?
5. After making several pictures a year during the silent era, Gish's career slowed down when talking pictures were introduced. Why was that?
6. What unusual hobby did Gish have?
7. Gish was so petite and young-looking, that she played ingenues, and sometimes even teenagers, into her thirties. Sometimes she called them "Those little virgins." Did she find them easy to play?
8. Lillian Gish began working on the stage to support her family when her alcoholic father preferred to spend his money on drink, games, and just about anything but his family.
9. Lillian Gish appeared on a number of television shows late in her career. What show did she NOT appear on.
10. Lillian Gish abstained from a presidential election because she was a confirmed non-interventionist. Which election could she not in good conscience vote for either the Republican or the Democratic candidate due to her non-interventionist stance?
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