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Luise Rainer

(1910–2014) Television Actor United States

28 quotes in 175 categories

Luise Rainer was a television actor from the United States, best known for Saint Joan.

Quick Facts About Luise Rainer

Born: January 12, 1910
Died: December 30, 2014
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: Saint Joan
Spouse: Robert Knittel

About Luise Rainer

Luise Rainer was a German-born film actress. She was the first thespian to win multiple Academy Awards, and the first to win back-to-back; at the time of her death, thirteen days shy of her 105th birthday, she was the longest-lived Oscar recipient, a superlative that has not been exceeded, as of 2026.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Actress Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Luise Rainer

I admire people who are creative.

Admire

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In my acting, I have tried to do this - to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise…

Acting

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The Oscar is not a curse. The real curse is that once you have an Oscar they think you can do anything.

Anything

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I am sensitive to life, and somehow acting comes to me. I cant explain it.

Acting

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I feel best in nature or near nature.

Best

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I am sensitive to life, and somehow acting comes to me. I can't explain it.

Acting

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I was very thin, like a boy, and I was very un-sexy.

Boy

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One of the biggest dangers in Hollywood is becoming typed.

Becoming

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I don't believe in anything artificial. I don't believe in makeup.

Anything

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I was one of the horses of the Louis B. Mayer stable, and I thought the films I was given after my…

Academy

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The secret of a long life is to never trust a doctor.

Doctor

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For my second and third pictures I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me,

Academy

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Once, I was a bigger star than Greta Garbo.

Bigger

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Happiness lies in moments, and while you have it you're not even aware, only afterwards do you know you were happy.

Aware

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One can be more than once in love - that's the most important thing.

Important

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The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

Best

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I felt very alone in Hollywood.

Alone

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I have never had a current state of mind. My mind changes a great deal. I am very affected by any sorrow…

Affected

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I would much rather be a bad Luise Rainer than a second someone else.

Bad

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I don't believe in acting. I think that people in life act, but when you are on the stage, or in my…

Acting

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Some very beautiful things get lost and forgotten. Just as I got lost.

Beautiful

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I know the good from the bad, also the in-between, but I was never political.

Also

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I remember once Robert Taylor invited me to lunch. I asked him, 'What is your ambition?' He said, 'I want to have…

Ambition

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I am an actress. I am not a movie star.

Actress

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Take a person like Julia Roberts: she does what she wants.

Does

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