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

Quote by Gene Tierney

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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.

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...

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...

I was going to live on my salary or go down swinging.

I was going to live on my salary or go down swinging.

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of...

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of...

What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with...

What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with...

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 fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.

I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.

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...

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known...

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known...

My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was...

My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was...

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

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

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 was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one...

I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one...

It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without...

It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without...

I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover...

I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover...

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 admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

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.

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...