Grace Kelly Quotes - Page 2

One way in which all of us can help to combat the current wave of public indecency which threatens to undermine Western civilization is to concentrate upon and increase the solidarity of the family. This solidarity begins with a child at the mother's breast.

As an unmarried woman, I was thought to be a danger.

The concept of what I want to do as an artist has not changed at all. When I was seven years old, I fell in love with writing songs and knew I wanted to make music and play it for a lot of people. Back then I said I wanted to heal people with music and bring them together. I called my music, "PAZZ," which means pop and jazz. To this day, all of those things still ring crystal clear.

I was hired to be an actress, not a personality for the press.

I do isometrics in church so while I'm doing my soul some good, I'm doing my body some good, too.

At times I think I actually hate Hollywood. I have many acquaintances there, but few friends.

My nerves could use a drink.

It would be very sad if children had no memories before those of school. What they need most is the love and attention of their mother.

I loved acting. I didn’t particularly like being a movie star.

Anger and anger can not solve any problem.

I get up at seven for the make-up, Rita Hayworth at six, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis at five. I don’t want to know the time when I’ll have to come to the studio even earlier.

When Ava Gardner get in a taxi, the driver knows at once she’s Ava Gardner. It’s the same for Lana Turner or Elizabeth Taylor, but not for me. I’m never Grace Kelly, I’m always someone who looks like Grace Kelly.

Having a [teenage] daughter is like riding a young horse over an unknown steeplechase course. You don't know when to pull up the reins, when to let the horse have its head - or what.

If there is one thing that is foreign to me it is shopping for pleasure. On the other hand, I believe that it is right to honor all those who create beautiful things and give satisfaction to those who see me wearing them.

This is one night I wish I smoked and drank.

I don't like yelling and fighting, and I can't quarrel.

For a woman, forty is torture, the end.

My real difficulty was to become a normal person again, after having been a movie actress for so long. For me, at the time I was living in New York and Hollywood, a normal person was someone who made movies.

I’ve always treated my children as beings in their own right. I respect their feelings and aspirations entirely.

I'll be goddamned if I'm going to stay in a business where I have to get up earlier and earlier and it takes longer and longer for me to get in front of a camera.

I work hard in social work, public relations, and raising the Grimaldi heirs.

I don't want to be married to someone who feels inferior to my success or because I make more money than he does.

Before my marriage, I didn’t think about all the obligations that were awaiting me. My experience has proved useful and I think that I have a natural propensity to feel compassion for people and their problems.

Although I’ve played a wide variety of roles, I’ve never had the chance to act in a story written specially for me. It’s a pity as they are the only stories that really let you reveal your personality.

What I've learned in the past 12 years of recording (I made my first CD at 12) is how important it is to find one's authentic voice.