Gene Tierney Quotes
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We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of Europe just ahead of the Holocaust.
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I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.
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For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio.
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I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.
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I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.
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Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.
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When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists.
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My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg.
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I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.
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I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act.
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Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a Chinese.
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I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?
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When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb.
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Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who has just passed a screen test.
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Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.
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I was not cut out to be a rebel.
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The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title.
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I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.
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Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems.
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I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices.
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I used up every cent I earned as an actress.
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As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all.
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I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.
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I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.