Luise Rainer Quotes

Germany, Film Actor
January 12, 1910 – December, 30, 2014.

Luise Rainer (/ˈraɪnər/; 12 January 1910 – 30 December 2014) was a German and American film actress. She was the first actor to win more than one Academy Award; at the time of her death she was the longest-lived Oscar recipient.

I was nobody to make a pass to. I was very thin like a boy and I was very un-sexy.

Luise Rainer
- Boy
- Sexy
I don’t believe in acting. I think that people in life act, but when you are on the stage, or in my case also on screen, you have to be true.

Luise Rainer
- People
- Life
- Believe

I was never proud of anything. I just did it like everything else. To do a film - let me explain to you - it's like having a baby. You labor, you labor, you labor, and then you have it. And then it grows up and it grows away from you. But to be proud of giving birth to a baby? Proud? No, every cow can do that.

Luise Rainer
- Up
- Giving
- Proud
For my second and third pictures I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me.

Luise Rainer
How can you close your eyes and say this has nothing to do with me? I'm not speaking about politics. Politics is a terrible thing. Everyone wants power.

Luise Rainer
- Power
- Eyes
The secret of a long life is to never trust a doctor.

Luise Rainer
- Life
- Long
- Trust