Hedy Lamarr

“I have always felt that if a man gives you a solid gold key to his door he is entitled to the courtesy of a visit.”

“All creative people want to do the unexpected.”

“Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.”

“I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.”

“I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it.”

“All my six husbands married me for different reasons.”

“The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.”

“I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.”

“To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.”

“I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.”

“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”

“Many people are target people. Once when Louis B. Mayer insulted me I poured a glass of water over his head.”

“I am a very good shot. I have hunted for every kind of animal. But I would never kill an animal during mating season.”

“Perhaps my problem in marriage - and it is the problem of many women - was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.”

“Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.”

“If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.”

“Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.”

“I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.”

“I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him.”

“My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.”