A biography for Hedy Lamarrhasn’t been written yet.
“Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him.”
“If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.”
“I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.”
“Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.”
“Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.”
“I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.”
“I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.”
“Some men like a dull life - they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it - it's often catching.”
“I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.”
“Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.”
“Men are most virile and attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him.”
“Because you don't live near a bakery doesn't mean you have to go without cheesecake.”
“Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.”
“Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.”
“All creative people want to do the unexpected.”
“I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities.”
“I find very often that very ugly women have really handsome men and vice versa because they don't have any competition. Sometimes handsome men have avoided me.”
“It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.”
“Any girl can be glamorous. All she has to do is stand still and look stupid.”
“I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.”