I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn’t have it.
HEDY LAMARRMaking 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.
More Hedy Lamarr Quotes
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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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That’s how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.
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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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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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Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.
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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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The world isn’t getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more, The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything – time to work, time to play, time to rest.
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I’m a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
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To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.
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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 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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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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I’d rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.
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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 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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