My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.
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’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’m a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
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I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don’t have to stay that way.
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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
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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 advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed.
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Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.
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Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.
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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.
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I don’t believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn’t, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.
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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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All my six husbands married me for different reasons.
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Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake.
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I’m fifty-one years old, but I’m not through yet. I have lived a full life, and intend packing in quite a lot more.
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I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don’t want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him.
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