I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
HEDY LAMARRI’m a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me, and still is.
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All creative people want to do the unexpected.
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Confidence is something you’re born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.
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Some men like a dull life – they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it – it’s often catching.
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A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.
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The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.
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I’ve met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with.
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I’ve been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only have three close friends. I guess that’s all anyone can expect.
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I’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.
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Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.
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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.
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Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
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Mr. DeMille’s theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory.
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Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry.
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I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
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I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father’s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.
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Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don’t have time to teach him.
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I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.
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I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.
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If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude… I hope to make you use your imagination.
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I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way.
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I know when I’m working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities.
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I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season.
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I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There’s nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared.
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I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.
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I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don’t have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.
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