Gene Tierney

Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit. ”

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew. ”

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be. ”

I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me. ”

I used up every cent I earned as an actress. ”

My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up. ”

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? ”

Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator. ”

When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb. ”

Life is a little like a message in a bottle, to be carried by the winds and the tides. ”