The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title.

Quote by Gene Tierney

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Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had...

When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had...

Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a...

Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a...

Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.

Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.

In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own...

In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own...

Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt.

Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt.

There were days that I worked all the time, without a layoff, or a rest,...

There were days that I worked all the time, without a layoff, or a rest,...

Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems.

Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems.

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are...

It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are...

I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.

I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.

Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who...

Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who...

The Hollywood structure was monopolistic, run by four or five big studios.

The Hollywood structure was monopolistic, run by four or five big studios.

My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof...

My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof...

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat,...

I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat,...

I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read.

I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read.

I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.

I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941.

The Howard Hughes I knew began to change after his plane crash in 1941.