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.
HEDY LAMARRCompromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.
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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 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 was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
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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.
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One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more.
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I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.
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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 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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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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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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Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That’s the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.
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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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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
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