Natalie Wood Quotes

"We were descended from royalty."

"At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space."

"The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby."

"I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was."

"Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself."

"For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby."

"I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done."

"I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make."

"I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt."

"I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic."

"A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor."

"Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing."

"My friends seem much more excited about my doing Anastasia than Brainstorm... and to tell you the truth, I feel the same way."

"We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh."

"The constant attention is what is so difficult."

"Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married."

"My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later."

"Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships."

"I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in."

"When I get married it will be for keeps."

"Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult."

"There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type."

"The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well."

"If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store."

"I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to."

"I thought it was a wonderful line - right on the cutting room floor."

"I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool."

"I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha."

"I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be."

"I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me."