Judy Holliday Quotes

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Judy Holliday

Profession : Actress

Birth : June 21, 1921

The only actress they didn't test was Garbo. Must have been her accent.

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

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

Now with all this movie business, everybody's coming around wanting to know everything that's happened since I was four. It's like going to an analyst.

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

It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar.

Judy Holliday

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

Judy Holliday

When they thought of me, they always remembered the vacuous Billie Dawn. It was as simple as that.

Judy Holliday

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

Judy Holliday