It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors.

Quote by Gene Tierney

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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...

When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often...

When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often...

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I...

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth...

The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth...

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 had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.

I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.

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...

Life is a little like a message in a bottle, to be carried by the...

Life is a little like a message in a bottle, to be carried by the...

When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had...

When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had...

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'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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...