Judy Holliday Quotes

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

Never do nothing you wouldnt want printed on the front page of The New York Times.

We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything

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

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.

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

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.

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

People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal.

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

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

In repose, my face looks as though I had gone through a terrible deal in the last five minutes. I have to disguise the expression and get a glassy-eyed look. That's something I learned from my dog.

We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.

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

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.

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.