I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock.
HEDY LAMARRAmerican men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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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All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel.
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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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Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost.
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Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
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To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.
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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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When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don’t just mean sex, I married him.
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Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.
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Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.
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Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.
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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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I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.
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I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.
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I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.
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