Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.

Quote by Ingrid Bergman

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Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

Success always occurs in private and failure in full public view.

Success always occurs in private and failure in full public view.

You don't act for money. You do it because you love it, because you must.

You don't act for money. You do it because you love it, because you must.

In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They...

In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film...

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and...

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and...

I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever...

I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever...

It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

We walk in circles, so limited by our own anxieties that we can no longer...

We walk in circles, so limited by our own anxieties that we can no longer...

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had...

Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had...

I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel...

I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel...

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that...

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that...

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down...

I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down...

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and...

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and...

I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the...

I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the...

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions,...

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions,...

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they...

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's...

Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's...