Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness.

Quote by Helen Hayes

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There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

I cry out for order and find it only in art.

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of...

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of...

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

Age is not important unless you're a cheese.

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines....

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines....

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before...

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine...

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine...

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures...

I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures...

There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each...

There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each...

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each...

There's a little vanity chair that Charlie gave me the first Christmas we knew each...

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

The worst constructed play is a Bach fugue when compared to life.

The truth [is] that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story...

The truth [is] that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story...

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone

Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone

I'm tired of all this isolation. I'm tired of this triviality of life. I want...

I'm tired of all this isolation. I'm tired of this triviality of life. I want...

A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there - even if...

A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there - even if...

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.