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

Quote by Gene Tierney

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The Hollywood structure was monopolistic, run by four or five big studios.

The Hollywood structure was monopolistic, run by four or five big studios.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

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...

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...

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 simply did not want my face to be my talent.

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

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...

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...

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

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