Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

Quote by Gene Tierney

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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...

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

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

I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.

I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.

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.

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

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

Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.

Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.

I always tried to play my hunches.

I always tried to play my hunches.

I used up every cent I earned as an actress.

I used up every cent I earned as an actress.

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...

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.

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.

Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems.

Hollywood can be hard on women, but it did not cause my problems.

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of...

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of...

I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...