Judy Holliday

Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.
Judy Holliday

He didn't maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way!
Judy Holliday

I am not a member of any organization listed by the Attorney General as subversive. In any instance where I lent my name in the past, it was certainly without knowledge that such an organization was subversive. I have always been essentially and foremost an American.
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.
Judy Holliday

I could talk about him all day. He's one of the most wonderful things that ever happened to me.
Judy Holliday

I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman - she's really my only idol. It's going to be a big stretch - certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile.
Judy Holliday

I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.
Judy Holliday

I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am.
Judy Holliday

I think Billie is the kind of girl who would let her hips swing loose.
Judy Holliday

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.
Judy Holliday

I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.
Judy Holliday

I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I'd have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing.
Judy Holliday

I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.
Judy Holliday

I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home.
Judy Holliday

I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes.
Judy Holliday

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything.
Judy Holliday

It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar.
Judy Holliday

It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting.
Judy Holliday

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.
Judy Holliday

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.
Judy Holliday

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