Top 67 Quotes by 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.

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

Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a Chinese.

In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress.

I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's rewards, I was hungry for most of those 20 years.

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

About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient.

I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.

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

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