Hedy Lamarr Quotes

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

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

"I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me."

"I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode."

"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 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 appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There's nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared."

"Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices."

"Some men like a dull life - they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it - it's often catching."

"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."

"I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails."

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

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

"I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it."

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

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

"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."

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

"All my six husbands married me for different reasons."

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

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

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