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.
HEDY LAMARRI’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.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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 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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Because you don’t live near a bakery doesn’t mean you have to go without cheesecake.
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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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If I had my way everyone would have a psychiatrist. When the brain is sick and you must throw up, you do it by being purged in a psychiatrist’s office.
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I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
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It’s funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy.
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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 don’t have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.
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All creative people want to do the unexpected.
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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’m a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
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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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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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