Screenland (Nov 1945-Oct 1946)

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Says Goddard: "I give very few interviews, because it bores me to talk about myself/' But here, Paulette sets down for the first time her fervent, heart-felt beliefs WHEN I was asked, while I was having my hair dressed :f or a scene in "The Diary of a Chambermaid," to write for Screenland on "This Is What I Believe," my interest was captured. I have rarely set down on paper anything about myself; as you have probably noticed. I give very few interviews, because it bores me to talk about myself. As for giving advice to others, that I won't do at all, because I believe that nothing is more dangerous than to try to follow someone else's advice. The advice that works perfectly for me might stymie Jane Smith completely. So I never lay down neat bttle rules for someone else's conduct, bebeving that such rules must be laid down by one's own heart and head for oneself. And never mind what Mary Smith or Paulette Goddard says! They can speak only for themselves. But when it comes to talking about one's beliefs— well, that's different. What I believe, I believe in fervently. So here for the first time I'll set them down. And if you disagree I'll be interested in hearing from you, because I know that each of you, too, has his own convictions, as dear to you as mine are to me. Life. I believe you should fill every moment. I have a great horror of wasting time. Our span is short. I believe in God in man, or in the good in man— call it what you want. I believe that most people are good. Every free political election in the last quarter of a century has shown it. People are voting for the betterment of humanity and the benefit of the majority. Yes, I believe people are good, although the fascists were and are evil. I do not think of them as people— they are part of a military political machine. And they were misled and misled the world by dangerous propaganda. In saying that people are fundamentally good, I know that I speak from Shangri La— (we in America are living in Paradise)—it is {Please turn to page 70)