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Gene Tierney quotes: She's another Deanna Durbin,' [Harry] Cohn said, 'except that she can't sing. She's another Deanna Durbin,' [Harry] Cohn said, 'except that she can't sing.
Gene Tierney quotes: I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera. I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera.
Gene Tierney quotes: Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a Chinese. Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a Chinese.
Gene Tierney quotes: I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity. I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.
Gene Tierney quotes: Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses. Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.
Gene Tierney quotes: I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed. I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.
Gene Tierney quotes: I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read. I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read.
Gene Tierney quotes: I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's rewards, I was hungry for most of those 20 years. I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's rewards, I was hungry for most of those 20 years.
Gene Tierney quotes: Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt. Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt.
Gene Tierney quotes: Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew. Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.
Gene Tierney quotes: Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties. Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.
Gene Tierney quotes: For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio. For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio.
Gene Tierney quotes: The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title. The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title.
Gene Tierney quotes: In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress. In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress.
Gene Tierney quotes: When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He was not a womanizer, not as I understood the term. When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He was not a womanizer, not as I understood the term.
Gene Tierney quotes: In show business the saying seems too often true: it isn't enough to succeed; someone else must fail. In show business the saying seems too often true: it isn't enough to succeed; someone else must fail.
Gene Tierney quotes: When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb. When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb.
Gene Tierney quotes: I was not cut out to be a rebel. I was not cut out to be a rebel.
Gene Tierney quotes: I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication? I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?
Gene Tierney quotes: I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man. I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.
Gene Tierney quotes: I always tried to play my hunches. I always tried to play my hunches.
Gene Tierney quotes: I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind. I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Gene Tierney quotes: A flame burns brightest just before it goes out. A flame burns brightest just before it goes out.
Gene Tierney quotes: Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money. Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money.
Gene Tierney quotes: Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems. Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems.
Gene Tierney quotes: Nothing strengthens a woman's determination to be in love quite so much as being told that she cannot. Nothing strengthens a woman's determination to be in love quite so much as being told that she cannot.
Gene Tierney quotes: Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a jellyfish. Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a jellyfish.
Gene Tierney quotes: Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful. Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.
Gene Tierney quotes: I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother. I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.
Gene Tierney quotes: I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act. I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act.
Gene Tierney quotes: I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices. I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices.
Gene Tierney quotes: I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none. I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.
Gene Tierney quotes: I existed in a world that never is , a prison of the mind. I existed in a world that never is , a prison of the mind.
Gene Tierney quotes: I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions. I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.
Gene Tierney quotes: My parents argued more than I remembered, about money and all the little things that disguise the truth that you are still arguing about money. My parents argued more than I remembered, about money and all the little things that disguise the truth that you are still arguing about money.
Gene Tierney quotes: Where there is hope, there is no despair. Where there is hope, there is no despair.
Gene Tierney quotes: A romantic, I think, picks the rose and is careless with the thorn. A romantic, I think, picks the rose and is careless with the thorn.
Gene Tierney quotes: I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him. I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.
Gene Tierney quotes: I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me. I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me.
Gene Tierney quotes: We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of Europe just ahead of the Holocaust. We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of Europe just ahead of the Holocaust.
Gene Tierney quotes: Children don't understand about people loving each other and then suddenly not. Children don't understand about people loving each other and then suddenly not.
Gene Tierney quotes: I used up every cent I earned as an actress. I used up every cent I earned as an actress.
Gene Tierney quotes: Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain. Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.
Gene Tierney quotes: It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without sounding as if you were examining a bug under glass. It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without sounding as if you were examining a bug under glass.
Gene Tierney quotes: I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection. I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.
Gene Tierney quotes: I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself. I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.
Gene Tierney quotes: Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau. Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.
Gene Tierney quotes: The things we ignore often come back to us in our sleep. The things we ignore often come back to us in our sleep.
Gene Tierney quotes: When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists. When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists.
Gene Tierney quotes: It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors. It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors.
Gene Tierney quotes: I was going to live on my salary or go down swinging. I was going to live on my salary or go down swinging.
Gene Tierney quotes: The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941. The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941.
Gene Tierney quotes: Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie. Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.
Gene Tierney quotes: What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad. What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad.
Gene Tierney quotes: Life is a little like a message in a bottle, to be carried by the winds and the tides. Life is a little like a message in a bottle, to be carried by the winds and the tides.
Gene Tierney quotes: As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all. As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all.
Gene Tierney quotes: I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past. I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past.
Gene Tierney quotes: Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set. Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.
Gene Tierney quotes: Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who has just passed a screen test. Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who has just passed a screen test.
Gene Tierney quotes: I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction. I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.
Gene Tierney quotes: About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient. About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient.
Gene Tierney quotes: My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up. My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up.
Gene Tierney quotes: Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator. Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator.
Gene Tierney quotes: I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men. I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.
Gene Tierney quotes: In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening. In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening.
Gene Tierney quotes: I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be. I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.
Gene Tierney quotes: I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came. I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came.
Gene Tierney quotes: Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit. Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit.
Gene Tierney quotes: I simply did not want my face to be my talent. I simply did not want my face to be my talent.
Gene Tierney quotes: My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg. My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg.
Gene Tierney quotes: I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war. I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.
Gene Tierney quotes: The Hollywood structure was monopolistic, run by four or five big studios. The Hollywood structure was monopolistic, run by four or five big studios.
Gene Tierney quotes: There are many ways to fail. Some reject success. And others do not recognize it when success comes. There are many ways to fail. Some reject success. And others do not recognize it when success comes.
Gene Tierney quotes: The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings. The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings.
Gene Tierney quotes: There were days that I worked all the time, without a layoff, or a rest, finishing one picture and reporting for another sometimes on the same day. There were days that I worked all the time, without a layoff, or a rest, finishing one picture and reporting for another sometimes on the same day.

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