Quotes by Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday

Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.

Expression

People

Theatre

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.

Names

Organization

Past

I am not an ‘instant’ actor… to really do anything, I’ve got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

Actors

Dozen

Trying

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.

Fear

Smile

Thinking

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

Actresses

Cry

Ideas

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.

Acting

Here I Am

Writing

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.

Hate

Important

Painful

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

Hair

Use

Voice

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.

Dollars

Hollywood

Yesterday

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

Born

Legs

Losing

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Here I Am

Hollywood

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Quotes by Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday

Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.

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.

I am not an ‘instant’ actor… to really do anything, I’ve got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

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.

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

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.

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.

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

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

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