Gene Tierney quotes

Gene Tierney was an American actress renowned for her roles in classic Hollywood films such as "Laura" and "Leave Her to Heaven." Her striking beauty and compelling performances made her a leading star of the 1940s. She is remembered as one of the most talented and charismatic actresses of her era. Here are 67 of her quotes:

Some women feel the best cure for a broken heart is a new beau.

Gene Tierney

When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb.

Gene Tierney

When you have spent an important part of your life playing Let's Pretend, it's often easy to see symbolism where none exists.

Gene Tierney

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.

Gene Tierney

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

Gene Tierney

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

Gene Tierney

I knew I could not cope with the future unless I was able to rediscover the past.

Gene Tierney

Everyone should see Hollywood once, I think, through the eyes of a teenage girl who has just passed a screen test.

Gene Tierney

My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up.

Gene Tierney

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera.

Gene Tierney

Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt.

Gene Tierney

Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a jellyfish.

Gene Tierney

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

Gene Tierney

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

Gene Tierney

I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.

Gene Tierney

I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.

Gene Tierney

I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.

Gene Tierney

As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all.

Gene Tierney

The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title.

Gene Tierney

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

Gene Tierney

We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of Europe just ahead of the Holocaust.

Gene Tierney

Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator.

Gene Tierney