Irene Dunne quotes - page 2

The glamour of Hollywood has never worn thin for me. (Irene Dunne)
Father drove fifty miles each evening behind his spanking team of horses to keep his date with the Southern girl - carefully chaperoned by FOUR maiden aunts. View quote
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Languages, literature, art, music, history: are all self-evident helps - and even mathematics and sciences, by training memory and demanding the analytical approach, are helpful by indirection. View quote
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If I arrived in Hollywood today, I would keep reminding myself not to try to make a big impression. View quote
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You have no idea how it feels to know that you've cut someone to the quick. I'll never do it again, never, never. View quote
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No education is ever wasted and everything you learn is helpful in acting. View quote
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Like many New Englanders - he was a neighbor of Calvin Coolidge's in Northampton - he finds life a serious business. But he's never - well - heavy about it. View quote
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Nothing can replace the excitement, the magic and yes the glamour of a Ziegfeld show. To see the great showman sitting in the second row busily writing his telegrams is a thrill no actress can forget. View quote
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This is an amazing business, creative and mechanical at the same time. View quote
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Music was as natural as breathing in our house. View quote
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Our home in Louisville, Kentucky, where I was born on December 20, was one of great happiness. (Irene Dunne)
I always demanded respect. I came prepared and expected others to do the same. View quote
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I did all my fighting before the film started. I fought for the best director, the best lighting man. I was always conscious of how I looked. View quote
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No triumph of either my stage or screen career has ever rivalled the excitement of trips down the Mississippi on the river boats with my father. View quote
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When I found myself riding in a lift with the great showman, I was too much too frightened even to look at him, much less get off at the same floor. View quote
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There are worse things in life than being called a lady. View quote
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Tackling one thing at a time, I have managed better than I would have thought possible. View quote
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Hollywood is fond of gushing chit-chat as any other town. View quote
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If I began today, I would certainly remember that by becoming a movie actress one automatically becomes vulnerable in the matter of gossip. View quote
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Extremism of the right or the left is dangerous. View quote
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People have also said that I can't be used as a fair example of Hollywood living since I keep my private life so completely separate from my career. (Irene Dunne)
Strange as it may seem to those who have read much of the screwball side of Hollywood life, I have never had to fight against an impulse to jump into a swimming-pool while dressed for the opera. View quote
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A honeymoon is wonderful, of course. It's the time two people go off alone and do their utmost to remain alone. Not only because they are so new and exciting to each other. But because it's their chance to draw closer and prepare for the intimacy of the every day married life which lies ahead of them. However, feverishly romantic though it may be, it's also apt to be something of a strain. Because the two people haven't yet learned to relax with each other. Because they haven't had time to become truly good friends. Because they don't know all the little things about each other which only the intimacy and affectionate understanding of years brings. View quote
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I'm not going to worry any more. It isn't worth it. Look at 'Show Boat.' I worried myself sick over it. I knew the public wouldn't like it. But they do and it has broken all kind of records. Yes, I decided while I was in Europe this summer that I'd never worry again. I shall laugh blithely all through 'Theodora Goes Wild.' That's the picture I'm doing now for Columbia, you know. It's different from anything I've ever done before, and it's a comedy, and I'm going to laugh and be gay and never give a thought to worry. View quote
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Ever since my United Nations work, for instance, they've been saying that I've gone into politics. The United Nations is a nonpolitical body. View quote
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