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Our home in Louisville, Kentucky, where I was born on December 20, was one of great happiness.
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Tackling one thing at a time, I have managed better than I would have thought possible.
Irene Dunne
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They aren't interested in the fact that whenever they kick up dirt, the dirt rubs off on every one of us.
Irene Dunne -
A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.
Irene Dunne -
Fans hate a hypocrite. I believe they detect the real you behind every role and if they are led to believe you are something you pretend you aren't, they resent it.
Irene Dunne -
Father drove fifty miles each evening behind his spanking team of horses to keep his date with the Southern girl - carefully chaperoned by FOUR maiden aunts.
Irene Dunne -
This is an amazing business, creative and mechanical at the same time.
Irene Dunne -
Like many New Englanders - he was a neighbor of Calvin Coolidge's in Northampton - he finds life a serious business. But he's never - well - heavy about it.
Irene Dunne
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It doesn't hurt any of us to remember that Hollywood isn't at all impressed by anyone who has the fantastic illusion that the town must revolve around him.
Irene Dunne -
I always demanded respect. I came prepared and expected others to do the same.
Irene Dunne -
Nothing can replace the excitement, the magic and yes the glamour of a Ziegfeld show. To see the great showman sitting in the second row busily writing his telegrams is a thrill no actress can forget.
Irene Dunne -
Strange as it may seem to those who have read much of the screwball side of Hollywood life, I have never had to fight against an impulse to jump into a swimming-pool while dressed for the opera.
Irene Dunne -
I had great cameramen like Rudolph Mate and Hal Mohr. They'd take an hour to light the proper closeup of me.
Irene Dunne -
Now don't you dare call me normal. I was never a Pollyanna. There was always a lot of Theodora in me.
Irene Dunne
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People have also said that I can't be used as a fair example of Hollywood living since I keep my private life so completely separate from my career.
Irene Dunne -
There seems to be a general impression that to be known as normal in Hollywood is akin to being labeled as rare animal in a zoo.
Irene Dunne -
In addition to actual dramatic training and experience, I'd want as much education as possible.
Irene Dunne -
Never on any golf course have I been approached by a policeman who said, 'Lady, you can't play with an ordinary golf ball. You're movie star. You'll have to use a coconut for a ball.
Irene Dunne -
My private life is quiet.
Irene Dunne -
Ever since the first day I arrived in this town, the general impression has been that I'm like a queen holding court on chosen days.
Irene Dunne
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You'll be much better equipped for a long life in pictures if you have a sound theatrical background.
Irene Dunne -
Hollywood is fond of gushing chit-chat as any other town.
Irene Dunne -
I did all my fighting before the film started. I fought for the best director, the best lighting man. I was always conscious of how I looked.
Irene Dunne -
Extremism of the right or the left is dangerous.
Irene Dunne