Hedy Lamarr Quotes

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

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

If I had my way everyone would have a psychiatrist. When the brain is sick and you must throw up, you do it by being purged in a psychiatrist's office.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

All my six husbands married me for different reasons.

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

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 don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.

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

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

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

I still look good, though.

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

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.

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.

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

Perhaps my problem in marriage - and it is the problem of many women - was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.