When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb.

Quote by Gene Tierney

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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.

Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to...

Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to...

I always tried to play my hunches.

I always tried to play my hunches.

Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an...

Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between 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...

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many...

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many...

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...

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...

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 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...

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the...

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the...

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...

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 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.

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 learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on...

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on...

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

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

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

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

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 dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.

I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.