A biography for Hedy Lamarrhasn’t been written yet.
“I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.”
“It's funny about men and women. Men pay in cash to get them and pay in cash to get rid of them. Women pay emotionally coming and going. Neither has it easy.”
“Any girl can look glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”
“A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.”
“I'm fifty-one years old, but I'm not through yet. I have lived a full life, and intend packing in quite a lot more.”
“The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true.”
“Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry.”
“I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way.”
“I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him.”
“Every girl would like to marry a rich husband. I did twice. But what divides girls into two groups is this question - do you first think of money and then love, or vice versa?”
“Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost.”
“I think women are concerned too much with their clothes. Men don't really care that much about women's clothes. If they like a girl, chances are they'll like her clothes.”
“If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude... I hope to make you use your imagination.”
“All a woman needs is a good bath, clean clothes, and for her hair to be combed. These things she can do herself. I very seldom go to the hairdresser, but when I do, I just marvel.”
“I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.”
“To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.”
“If I had my way everyone would have a psychiatrist. When the brain is sick and you must throw up, you do it by being purged in a psychiatrist's office.”
“American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.”
“One of my favorite people is Gypsy Rose Lee. She bears out the Biblical promise that he who has, gets. And I hope she gets a lot more.”
“I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.”