I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down the steps of the Village Vanguard, which still exists today.
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I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I'd have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing.
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I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am.
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It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar.
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We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.
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Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.
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I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.
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I could talk about him all day. He's one of the most wonderful things that ever happened to me.
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I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.
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The only actress they didn't test was Garbo. Must have been her accent.
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Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?
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I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.
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When they thought of me, they always remembered the vacuous Billie Dawn. It was as simple as that.
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Now with all this movie business, everybody's coming around wanting to know everything that's happened since I was four. It's like going to an analyst.
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People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal.
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I think Billie is the kind of girl who would let her hips swing loose.
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I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.
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They weren't interested in entertainment. They were tough. I learned one trick, which was to be quieter than they were until they had to look at you. It took a lot of agressiveness.
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You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.
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I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home.
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We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.
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