I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

Quote by Gene Tierney

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I used up every cent I earned as an actress.

I used up every cent I earned as an actress.

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...

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...

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...

There were days that I worked all the time, without a layoff, or a rest,...

There were days that I worked all the time, without a layoff, or a rest,...

I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.

I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.

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...

Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of...

Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of...

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...

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 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.

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 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...

Children don't understand about people loving each other and then suddenly not.

Children don't understand about people loving each other and then suddenly not.

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to...

Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to...

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.

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...

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many...

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many...

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...