Hedy Lamarr Quotes - Page 3

I believe in sending a lot of letters and notes to friends.

That's how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.

I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.

The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year.

Every girl would like to marry a rich husband. I did twice. But what divides girls into two groups is this question - do you first think of money and then love, or vice versa?

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.

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.

I still look good, though.

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.

Would you believe I was a famous star? It's the truth.

The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.

Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry.

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.

I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.

All my six husbands married me for different reasons.

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.

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.

Making 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.

When I attained a certain advanced intimacy with a man, and I don't just mean sex, I married him.

It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.

If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.

I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.

I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season.

I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect.

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.