I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

Quote by Gene Tierney

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I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on...

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on...

For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge...

For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge...

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...

I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional...

I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional...

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

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 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.

Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an...

Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an...

Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an...

Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an...

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...

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour...

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour...

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...

I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took...

I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took...

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

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

As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no...

As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no...

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.

I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home...

I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home...

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.

I always tried to play my hunches.

I always tried to play my hunches.

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

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