I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

Quote by Ingrid Bergman

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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become...

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become...

I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down...

I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down...

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if...

I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if...

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that...

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that...

Success always occurs in private and failure in full public view.

Success always occurs in private and failure in full public view.

In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They...

In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They...

It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had...

Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had...

I've gone from saint to whore and back to saint again, all in one lifetime.

I've gone from saint to whore and back to saint again, all in one lifetime.

You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which...

You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which...

You don't act for money. You do it because you love it, because you must.

You don't act for money. You do it because you love it, because you must.

Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get

Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and...

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and...

I have had a wonderful life. I have never regretted what I did. I regret...

I have had a wonderful life. I have never regretted what I did. I regret...

The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a...

The polls indicated that I was feisty, that I was tough, that I had a...

When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when...

When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when...