Kim Novak Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I had a lot of resentment for a while toward Kim Novak. But I don't mind her anymore. She's okay. We've become friends. I even asked her before this trip for some beauty tips.”

“The script was always the most important thing to me and I loved the script. For one thing, I've always admired trees. I just worship them. Think what trees have witnessed, what history, such as living through the Civil War, yet they still survive.”

“I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful.”

“I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that.”

“Harry Cohn did not make me. But I also feel that I probably didn't make me, either. I think it was a combination. I think that's what made it work.”

“I live way out in the country, so there's not a lot of people around to remind me. And my friends don't think of me as 'Kim Novak' anymore anyway. It's like they forgot, too. And so it's nice.”

“The thing I loved about Alfred Hitchcock is that he left a lot of open ends there, a lot of clues that didn't really add up the way you think they would, and sometimes, not at all.”

“As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.”

“I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together.”

“I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star.”