"I am not an 'instant' actor... to really……" — Judy Holliday
"I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times."
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30 Quotes by Judy Holliday
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Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take…
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I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.
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I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be…
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I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience…
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I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.
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I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I…
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If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything
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Never do nothing you wouldnt want printed on the front page of The New York Times.
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We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.
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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…
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Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.
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Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is…
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