Claire Bloom Quotes

United Kingdom, Actress
February 15, 1931

Patricia Claire Blume, CBE (born 15 February 1931), better known by her stage name Claire Bloom, is an English film and stage actress whose career has spanned over six decades. She is known for leading roles in plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll's House, and Long Day's Journey into Night, and has starred in nearly sixty films.

There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you.

Claire Bloom
- Path
You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.

Claire Bloom
- Fake
I remember seeing some little wrinkles in my early 30s and thinking they were interesting. But you know the horror of it is that the screen image has to be perfect.

Claire Bloom
In my day, people didn't do nude scenes. I mean they didn't exist.

Claire Bloom
- People
In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.

Claire Bloom
- Trying
- Book
- Soul
I don't think actresses' lives in general are very good.

Claire Bloom
- Good