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.
HEDY LAMARRI don’t fear death because I don’t fear anything I don’t understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
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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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The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.
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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 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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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 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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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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All creative people want to do the unexpected.
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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 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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It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
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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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When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don’t just mean sex, I married him.
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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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