I suppose life is a little like that, isn't it, a message…

I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

— 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

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

— Gene Tierney

Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an audience and what appears on the stage or screen.

— Gene Tierney

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

— Gene Tierney

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

— Gene Tierney

The main cause of my difficulties stemmed from the tragedy of my daughter's unsound birth and my inability to face my feelings.

— Gene Tierney

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

— Gene Tierney

Joe Schenck, a top 20th Century-Fox executive, once said to me that he really believed I had a future, and that was because I…

— Gene Tierney

I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common…

— 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

I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.

— 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

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

— Gene Tierney

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

— Gene Tierney