Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
Gene Eliza Tierney was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed as a great beauty, she became established as a leading lady. Tierney was best known for her portrayal of the title character in the film Laura, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth19 November 1920
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.
I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?
I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.
I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.
I simply did not want my face to be my talent.
I was fortunate enough to work under directors who were, most of them, brilliant, emotional men.
I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came.
It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors.
I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.
I never understood the theory, once popular among doctors, that blamed mental disorders on too little or too much mother love. My own mother was my darling.
Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a jellyfish.
there are many ways to fail. Some reject success. And others do not recognize it when success comes.
I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.
I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices.