Fay Wray
Fay Wray
Vina Fay Wraywas a Canadian-born American actress most noted for playing the female lead in King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned 57 years, Wray attained international renown as an actress in horror movie roles. She was one of the first "scream queens"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth15 September 1907
CityCardston, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
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He was just trying to tease me-I knew that later-but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
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I always admired good writing and read everything that came out. When I was married to John Monk Saunders, he read everything, too.
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I just imagined I was four miles from help and, well, you'd scream too if you just imagined that situation with that monster up there!
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It was such a sweet relief to me, because I had always worked, I had always worked, I had always worked-and it was time to do something else.
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The fingers were pressed around my waist and then by leverage, they lifted me up into the air, and all the close ups were done that way.
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When I did try to express myself it came out pretty tinny, but even so they could understand what I was saying. That turned out to be a plus.
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That was' one time when my technique absolutely deserted me, I must admit. There was a wax face that he had created himself to cover his own ugliness. I was in his clutches and I had to hit him in the face.
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Well, the Empire State was about 40' high in the studio. King Kong was a little model about 2' high, and the scenery that he worked in was in proportion to his size.
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I thought I saw him for what he was-or what I thought he was. And he was talented, no doubt about that. But, he thought his talent was based on misery and that if he became happy it would just go. He believed that.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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Recently, a six-year-old boy said to me, 'I've been waiting to meet you for half my life.'
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I think to have done 'Titanic' would have been a tortuous experience altogether. I feel good about where my life is, now. I feel free and joyous and happy and more liberated than I have ever been.
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I think the studio gave me that series on purpose, because they knew perfectly well that Robert Riskin was ill and that I needed to go to work. They gave me that series to do.
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There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood.