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

Quote by Gene Tierney

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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...

In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening.

In later years, I craved foods that were almost always fattening.

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...

Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money.

Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money.

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...

About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient.

About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient.

Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.

Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He...

When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He...

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator.

Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator.

I always tried to play my hunches.

I always tried to play my hunches.

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.

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.

I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.

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...

We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of...

We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of...