Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That’s the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.
HEDY LAMARRI 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.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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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That’s how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.
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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 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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American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.
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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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The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true.
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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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Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
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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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Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
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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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It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
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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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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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