The fun of acting is to become someone else.
The fun of acting is to become someone else.
I didn't like dancing very much, but I didn't have the courage to tell my father, so I began taking ...
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I didn't like dancing very much, but I didn't have the courage to tell my father, so I began taking the lessons. Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. That was my girlhood.
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[on why she divorced Orson Welles] I can't take his genius any more.
[on why she divorced Orson Welles] I can't take his genius any more.
[on her husbands] They fell in love with Gilda and woke up with me.
[on her husbands] They fell in love with Gilda and woke up with me.
From the time I was three and a half...as soon as I could stand on my own feet, I was given dance le...
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From the time I was three and a half...as soon as I could stand on my own feet, I was given dance lessons.
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Sometimes when I find myself getting impatient, I just remember the times I cried my eyes out becaus...
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Sometimes when I find myself getting impatient, I just remember the times I cried my eyes out because nobody wanted to take my picture at the Trocadero.
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When you're in love, you are living, you matter.
When you're in love, you are living, you matter.
I never really thought of myself as a sex goddess; I felt I was more a comedian who could dance.
I never really thought of myself as a sex goddess; I felt I was more a comedian who could dance.
I've had a lot of unhappiness in my life--and a lot of happiness. Who doesn't? Maybe I've learned en...
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I've had a lot of unhappiness in my life--and a lot of happiness. Who doesn't? Maybe I've learned enough to be able to guide my daughters.
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[when asked what had held up her dress in Gilda (1946)] Two things.
[when asked what had held up her dress in Gilda (1946)] Two things.
I like having my picture taken and being a glamorous person. Sometimes when I find myself getting im...
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I like having my picture taken and being a glamorous person. Sometimes when I find myself getting impatient, I just remember the times I cried my eyes out because nobody wanted to take my picture at the Trocadero.
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Movies were much better in the days I was doing them.
Movies were much better in the days I was doing them.
I've always been so bored with the empty stuff I've had to play. But I've always been happiest when ...
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I've always been so bored with the empty stuff I've had to play. But I've always been happiest when I've had a definite character slant to a role.
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[1974, when asked what she thought when she looks at herself after waking up in the morning] Darling...
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[1974, when asked what she thought when she looks at herself after waking up in the morning] Darling, I don't wake up 'til the afternoon.
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Who wouldn't prefer having breakfast in bed to getting up at the crack of dawn and having a cup of c...
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Who wouldn't prefer having breakfast in bed to getting up at the crack of dawn and having a cup of coffee in a studio makeup department?
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[early in her career about husband Eddie Judson] I owe everything to Ed. I could never have made the...
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[early in her career about husband Eddie Judson] I owe everything to Ed. I could never have made the grade in Hollywood without him. I was just too backward. My whole career was his idea.
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Old age--that's when a woman takes vitamins A through G, and still looks like H.
Old age--that's when a woman takes vitamins A through G, and still looks like H.
When I look back on my marriages, or the breakups, sure I know the pain I went through, but that's p...
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When I look back on my marriages, or the breakups, sure I know the pain I went through, but that's part of life and it has its own value.
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Orson Welles was trying something new with me on The Lady from Shanghai (1947) but Harry Cohn wanted...
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Orson Welles was trying something new with me on The Lady from Shanghai (1947) but Harry Cohn wanted The Image -- The Image he was going to make me until I was 90.
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Basically, I am a good, gentle person, but I'm attracted to mean personalities.
Basically, I am a good, gentle person, but I'm attracted to mean personalities.
[To writer Virginia Van Upp] Every man I have ever known has fallen in love with Gilda and awakened ...
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[To writer Virginia Van Upp] Every man I have ever known has fallen in love with Gilda and awakened with me.
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I wanted to study singing, but Harry Cohn kept saying, "Who needs it?" and the studio wouldn't pay f...
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I wanted to study singing, but Harry Cohn kept saying, "Who needs it?" and the studio wouldn't pay for it. They had me so intimidated that I couldn't have done it anyway. They always said, "Oh, no, we can't let you do it. There's no time for that; it has to be done right now!" I was under contract, and that was it.
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Sensitive, shy -- of course I was. The fun of acting is to become someone else.
Sensitive, shy -- of course I was. The fun of acting is to become someone else.
We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves.
We are all tied to our destiny and there is no way we can liberate ourselves.
Every actor, every director, everybody needs an Oscar. You have to have that little statue in Hollyw...
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Every actor, every director, everybody needs an Oscar. You have to have that little statue in Hollywood, or else you're nothing!
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I was never sick during The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Poor Orsie [Orson Welles] was the one who was...
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I was never sick during The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Poor Orsie [Orson Welles] was the one who was sick; Harry Cohn made him sick.
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I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clo...
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I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.
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No one can be Gilda 24 hours a day.
No one can be Gilda 24 hours a day.
All the action in the screenplay for Separate Tables (1958) took place in a seaside hotel in England...
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All the action in the screenplay for Separate Tables (1958) took place in a seaside hotel in England, which was a mecca for tourists in the summer and a haven for the desperate and lonely in the winter.
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[on her marriage to James Hill] He would come in the door, go straight to his room and wouldn't even...
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[on her marriage to James Hill] He would come in the door, go straight to his room and wouldn't even talk to me all night. He said I was not a nice woman in too loud a voice.
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[on her marriage to Edward Judson] I married him for love; he married me for an investment. My husba...
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[on her marriage to Edward Judson] I married him for love; he married me for an investment. My husband was always finding fault with me. He was extremely jealous and quarrelsome. I never had any fun. I was never permitted to make any decisions. From the first he told me I couldn't do anything for myself. My personality crawled deeper and deeper into a shell.
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After all, a girl is... well, a girl. It's nice to be told you're successful at it.
After all, a girl is... well, a girl. It's nice to be told you're successful at it.
What ever you write about me, don't make it sad.
What ever you write about me, don't make it sad.
Just because I was married to Aly Khan, people think I'm rich. Well, I'm not. I never got a dime fro...
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Just because I was married to Aly Khan, people think I'm rich. Well, I'm not. I never got a dime from Aly or from any of my husbands.
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I couldn't get used to the New York weather. On one occasion, I was laid up for a week because I cau...
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I couldn't get used to the New York weather. On one occasion, I was laid up for a week because I caught a severe cold rushing from the dance studio, still soaked with perspiration, back to the hotel for voice lessons.
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I always thought that if I ever got good reviews I'd be happy. It's so empty. It's never what I want...
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I always thought that if I ever got good reviews I'd be happy. It's so empty. It's never what I wanted, ever. All I wanted was just what everyone else wants--to be loved.
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[on her divorce from Dick Haymes] I stood by him as long as he was in trouble, but I can't take it a...
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[on her divorce from Dick Haymes] I stood by him as long as he was in trouble, but I can't take it any more.
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Dancing in Tijuana when I was 13--that was my 'summer camp.' How else do you think I could keep up w...
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Dancing in Tijuana when I was 13--that was my 'summer camp.' How else do you think I could keep up with Fred Astaire when I was 19?
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I rode on horseback, though I was terrified of them. That was when I was doing westerns. They were s...
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I rode on horseback, though I was terrified of them. That was when I was doing westerns. They were something else again. And I did them because that was work, that was my job. So I don't start from the top.
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Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today'...
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Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today's starlets are better dressed and better groomed than ever before, though it is doubtful if they are better actresses.
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What surprises me in life are not the marriages that fail, but the marriages that succeed.
What surprises me in life are not the marriages that fail, but the marriages that succeed.
I haven't had everything from life. I've had too much.
I haven't had everything from life. I've had too much.
Every actor. every director, everybody needs an Oscar. You have to have that little statue in Hollyw...
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Every actor. every director, everybody needs an Oscar. You have to have that little statue in Hollywood or else you are nothing.
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I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire.
I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire.
All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.
All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.
I was certainly a well-trained dancer. I'm a good actress: I have depth. I have feeling. But they do...
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I was certainly a well-trained dancer. I'm a good actress: I have depth. I have feeling. But they don't care. All they want is the image.
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