Top 67 Quotes by Gene Tierney

I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read.

It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors.

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

I always tried to play my hunches.

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.

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

I used up every cent I earned as an actress.

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

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

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.