Hedy Lamarr Quotes

I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.

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 was madly in love with life.

If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude ... I hope to make you use your imagination.

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

[Suggesting her epitaph:] This is too deep for me.

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.

I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.

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

I have never liked bargains when it came to sex.

I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.

Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It's OK. All you have to do is look neat when you have to look neat.

Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.

Men are fine, love is fine, it's marriage I'm a little disappointed in.

I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities.

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.

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

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.

Any girl can be glamorous. All she has to do is stand still and look stupid.

I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.

Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.

American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.

Men are most virile and attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him.

All creative people want to do the unexpected.

I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.

I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.

Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.

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.

Sophia Loren would be a glamour girl even if she were in rags selling fish. She has the look, the movement and the intellect.

I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with.

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

I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock.

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

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.

Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.

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.

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

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

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

Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.

All my six husbands married me for different reasons.

I have never seen a wrestling match or prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him.

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.

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

Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me ... and still is.

I enjoy countless hundreds pursuing me. I love those who love me the most. I am sort of flattered by men showing attention to me.

Films have a certain place in a certain time period. Technology is forever.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

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.

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

I advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed.

I still look good, though.

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.

I'm fifty-one years old, but I'm not through yet. I have lived a full life, and intend packing in quite a lot more.

I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.