Judy Holliday

I am not a member of any organization listed by the Attorney General as subversive. In any instance where I lent my name in the past, it was certainly without knowledge that such an organization was subversive. I have always been essentially and foremost an American.

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If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything.

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I think Billie is the kind of girl who would let her hips swing loose.

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I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman - she's really my only idol. It's going to be a big stretch - certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile.

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I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes.

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I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am.

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Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

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It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting.

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I could talk about him all day. He's one of the most wonderful things that ever happened to me.

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

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Quotes by Judy Holliday