I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.

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I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start...

I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start...

My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything...

My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything...

I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.

I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.

I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.

Any girl can look glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look...

Any girl can look glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look...

I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for...

I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for...

Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no...

Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no...

I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the...

I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the...

I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands....

I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands....

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served...

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served...

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company,...

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company,...

Any girl can look glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look...

Any girl can look glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look...

Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick...

Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick...

Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try...

Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try...

I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom...

I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom...

Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into...

Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into...

The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading...

The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading...

Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at...

Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at...

I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's...

I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's...

I think women are concerned too much with their clothes. Men don't really care that...

I think women are concerned too much with their clothes. Men don't really care that...