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Irene Dunne
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“My private life is quiet.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I couldn't advise others to try such a long distance marriage, but for us it works perfectly. We are three thousand miles apart, it is true, but the big thing is that we each have our careers without interference from the other. My husband can't leave his practice and I can't leave Hollywood, but neither of us has any thought of giving up either the career or each other. Some day we shall again live in our 'honeymoon' apartment - but in the meantime, for us, this is the best possible way.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Girl Nobody Knows; New Movie Magazine, Reginald Taviner (October 1932).
“Like many New Englanders - he was a neighbor of Calvin Coolidge's in Northampton - he finds life a serious business. But he's never - well - heavy about it.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) first seen 1933 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: about her husband, Dr. Francis Griffin Revealing The Life Of Irene Dunne, by Adele Whitely Fletcher; The Modern Screen (September 1933).
“Fans hate a hypocrite. I believe they detect the real you behind every role and if they are led to believe you are something you pretend you aren't, they resent it.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This is Really Irene Dunne, by Sara Hamilton; Photoplay (April 1936).
“I don't give my phone number to strangers. It's Plaza 5048.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You have no idea how it feels to know that you've cut someone to the quick. I'll never do it again, never, never.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Preofections - Irene Dunne, by Elizabth Wilson; Silver Screen (November 1936).
“I'm not going to worry any more. It isn't worth it. Look at 'Show Boat.' I worried myself sick over it. I knew the public wouldn't like it. But they do and it has broken all kind of records. Yes, I decided while I was in Europe this summer that I'd never worry again. I shall laugh blithely all through 'Theodora Goes Wild.' That's the picture I'm doing now for Columbia, you know. It's different from anything I've ever done before, and it's a comedy, and I'm going to laugh and be gay and never give a thought to worry.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Preofections - Irene Dunne, by Elizabth Wilson; Silver Screen (November 1936).
“Tackling one thing at a time, I have managed better than I would have thought possible.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) first seen 1944 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Make You Hapier, by Roberta Orminston Photoplay (April 1944).
“Usually marriages break up because people won't take the trouble to get through the middle breakfasts. It's no trick to get through the first breakfasts, when love is new and there are bows on the eggs. And once the middle breakfasts are over the last breakfasts, when plenty of allowances have been made on both sides and an understanding friendship and deep love have been established, are a joy forever.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) first seen 1944 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Make You Hapier, by Roberta Orminston Photoplay (April 1944).
“Ever since my United Nations work, for instance, they've been saying that I've gone into politics. The United Nations is a nonpolitical body.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) first seen 1962 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: McCall's, August 1962
“That's the kind of stuff you are offered today. Scripts that have you mixed up with young men. I find them utterly revolting. Of course WE never had to do nude scenes. I'm glad, too, because I'm susceptible to pneumonia.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'll never have to write my memoirs now after reading this. She had six husbands, at least six lovers - why, my life is so dull compared to hers! I've had one husband, one daughter, one house and no lovers.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Everyone Loved Irene, by William Frye Vanity Fair, 2004]
“How do I remain what is called "normal"? Because for me it's the natural thing to do, and therefore easier than doing something else.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There seems to be a general impression that to be known as normal in Hollywood is akin to being labeled as rare animal in a zoo.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Strange as it may seem to those who have read much of the screwball side of Hollywood life, I have never had to fight against an impulse to jump into a swimming-pool while dressed for the opera.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never on any golf course have I been approached by a policeman who said, "Lady, you can't play with an ordinary golf ball. You're movie star. You'll have to use a coconut for a ball.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Surely it isn't entirely normal to see fingers pointing at you as a rare species, the only one in captivity!”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Any young girl aspiring to a theatrical career held Florenz Ziegfeld in a awe.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I found myself riding in a lift with the great showman, I was too much too frightened even to look at him, much less get off at the same floor.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our home in Louisville, Kentucky, where I was born on December 20, was one of great happiness.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Father drove fifty miles each evening behind his spanking team of horses to keep his date with the Southern girl - carefully chaperoned by FOUR maiden aunts.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No triumph of either my stage or screen career has ever rivalled the excitement of trips down the Mississippi on the river boats with my father.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mother, an accomplished musician, taught me to play the piano as a very small girl.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Music was as natural as breathing in our house.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing can replace the excitement, the magic and yes the glamour of a Ziegfeld show. To see the great showman sitting in the second row busily writing his telegrams is a thrill no actress can forget.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The glamour of Hollywood has never worn thin for me.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ever since the first day I arrived in this town, the general impression has been that I'm like a queen holding court on chosen days.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People have also said that I can't be used as a fair example of Hollywood living since I keep my private life so completely separate from my career.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's not possible to forget pictures. Anyone who works in them thinks of them constantly.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It doesn't hurt any of us to remember that Hollywood isn't at all impressed by anyone who has the fantastic illusion that the town must revolve around him.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You may laugh of the idea of the good will of others in Hollywood, but it's no laughing matter if you don't have it.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They aren't interested in the fact that whenever they kick up dirt, the dirt rubs off on every one of us.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hollywood is fond of gushing chit-chat as any other town.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the choicest occupations here is ripping reputations into pieces.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Parading about in the latest gowns and making dull platitudes for an entire evening doesn't constitute social success in my book.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You'll be much better equipped for a long life in pictures if you have a sound theatrical background.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In addition to actual dramatic training and experience, I'd want as much education as possible.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No education is ever wasted and everything you learn is helpful in acting.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Languages, literature, art, music, history: are all self-evident helps - and even mathematics and sciences, by training memory and demanding the analytical approach, are helpful by indirection.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is an amazing business, creative and mechanical at the same time.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I arrived in Hollywood today, I would keep reminding myself not to try to make a big impression.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I began today, I would certainly remember that by becoming a movie actress one automatically becomes vulnerable in the matter of gossip.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are worse things in life than being called a lady.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always demanded respect. I came prepared and expected others to do the same.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I did all my fighting before the film started. I fought for the best director, the best lighting man. I was always conscious of how I looked.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had great cameramen like Rudolph Mate and Hal Mohr. They'd take an hour to light the proper closeup of me.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Extremism of the right or the left is dangerous.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That's why there are so few women stars today. Pornography has taken away the mystery.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Now don't you dare call me normal. I was never a Pollyanna. There was always a lot of Theodora in me.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A honeymoon is wonderful, of course. It's the time two people go off alone and do their utmost to remain alone. Not only because they are so new and exciting to each other. But because it's their chance to draw closer and prepare for the intimacy of the every day married life which lies ahead of them. However, feverishly romantic though it may be, it's also apt to be something of a strain. Because the two people haven't yet learned to relax with each other. Because they haven't had time to become truly good friends. Because they don't know all the little things about each other which only the intimacy and affectionate understanding of years brings.”
Irene Dunne (1898–1990) first seen 1935 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: [http://www.irenedunnesite.com/press/modern-screen-august-1935/ The Modern screen *August 1935).