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 LAMARRJack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That’s the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.
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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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Films have a certain place in a certain time period. Technology is forever.
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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 win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
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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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All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel.
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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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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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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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Some men like a dull life – they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it – it’s often catching.
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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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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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I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don’t have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.
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