The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title.

Quote by Gene Tierney

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

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

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...

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,...

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 simply did not want my face to be my talent.

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

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...

I was not cut out to be a rebel.

I was not cut out to be a rebel.

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...

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 used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was...

I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was...

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

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

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...

When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He...

When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He...

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.