Gene Tierney

“My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up.”

“I always tried to play my hunches.”

“Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.”

“I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.”

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

“Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit.”

“When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He was not a womanizer, not as I understood the term.”

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

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

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

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

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

“I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.”

“I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices.”

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

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

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

“I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came.”