Luise Rainer Quotes

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Luise Rainer

Profession : Actress

Birth : January 12, 1910

The secret of a long life is to never trust a doctor.

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I was very thin, like a boy, and I was very un-sexy.

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Happiness lies in moments, and while you have it, you're not even aware; only afterwards do you know you were happy.

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The Oscar is not a curse. The real curse is that once you have an Oscar they think you can do anything.

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I always considered myself the world's worst actress.

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I had immense ambition to become a really valuable actress.

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Take a person like Julia Roberts: she does what she wants.

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I know the good from the bad, also the in-between, but I was never political.

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For my second and third pictures, I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me.

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I should have done more. I did too little of everything.

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Some very beautiful things get lost and forgotten. Just as I got lost.

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Once, I was a bigger star than Greta Garbo.

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I felt very alone in Hollywood.

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I have never had a current state of mind. My mind changes a great deal. I am very affected by any sorrow or sad thing, and I am very affected by joy and beauty.

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One can be more than once in love - that's the most important thing.

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I admire people who are creative.

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I remember once Robert Taylor invited me to lunch. I asked him, 'What is your ambition?' He said, 'I want to have 10 very good suits.'

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I don't believe in acting. I think that people in life act, but when you are on the stage or, in my case, also on screen, you have to be true.

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One of the biggest dangers in Hollywood is becoming typed.

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The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

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