Judy Holliday Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I'd have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing.”

“I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home.”

“I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.”

“I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.”

“We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.”

“I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.”

“We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.”

“When they thought of me, they always remembered the vacuous Billie Dawn. It was as simple as that.”

“The only actress they didn't test was Garbo. Must have been her accent.”

“He didn't maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way!”