Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBEwas an English-American actress, businesswoman and humanitarian. She began as a child actress in the early 1940s, and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She continued her career successfully into the 1960s, and remained a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. The American Film Institute named her the seventh greatest female screen legend in 1999...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth27 February 1932
dream thinking idols
Sometimes I think we know too much about our idols and that spoils the dream.
thinking people theater
Something always made me save myself. Either the Betty Ford Center or going onstage to perform in the theater when many people didn't think I could do it.
thinking president hiv
I don't think President Bush is doing anything at all about Aids. In fact, I'm not sure he even knows how to spell Aids.
thinking want causes
I want it all quickly 'cause I don't want God to stop and think and wonder if I'm getting more than my share.
birthday growing-up thinking
I think I'm finally growing up - and about time.
thinking belief scarlet
I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritannical upbringing and beliefs. I always chose to think I was in love and that love was synonymous with marriage.
memories thinking luxury
Fragrance is an incredibly intimate thing. It can evoke very specific thoughts or memories and is a little different for each person who wears it. I also think it's the most accessible luxury.
kings thinking rocks
What is a genius? What is a living legend? What is a megastar? Michael Jackson -- that's all. And when you think you know him, he gives you more. I think he is one of the finest people to hit this planet, and, in my estimation, he is the true King of Pop, Rock and Soul.
children thinking childhood
On Michael Jackson and child stardom: He had one of the worst childhoods ever. I think I had the second.
divorce home littles
I left home as soon as I could, when I was 18. I thought I was in love and got married - the press called it Prince Charming and Cinderella. He was a Hilton so I was the poor little Cinderella. And when I got a divorce nine months later I never told the court why, but he was cruel.
order uptight stage
I've always sung in the shower. Now I make the stage a mental shower in order not to get too uptight and enjoy it.
directors film speak
On the film where I didn't get along with the director, I just decided to not speak to him.
gymnastics want force
It's amazing the gymnastics you can do when you don't want to do something. How you can force yourself against all the forces of nature. I threw myself backward.
character laughing people
To me, acting is a matter of absolute concentration. You can laugh and giggle with your friends up to the minute the director says, "Action!" Then you snap your mind into shape and into the character that you're playing and relate to the people that you're acting with and forget everybody else that you've been joking with.