Quotes By Gene Tierney

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.

For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio.

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

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof for as long as I was married to Oleg.

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

Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.

I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.

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

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.

Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a jellyfish.

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

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

What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad.

When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists.

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

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.

I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.

Children don't understand about people loving each other and then suddenly not.

As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all.

I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's rewards, I was hungry for most of those 20 years.

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

Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt.

Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator.

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

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

Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an audience and what appears on the stage or screen.

I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?

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

Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.