Irene Dunne Quotes

Tackling one thing at a time, I have managed better than I would have thought possible.

My private life is quiet.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I don't give my phone number to strangers. It's Plaza 5048.

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.

They aren't interested in the fact that whenever they kick up dirt, the dirt rubs off on every one of us.

In addition to actual dramatic training and experience, I'd want as much education as possible.

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.

Surely it isn't entirely normal to see fingers pointing at you as a rare species, the only one in captivity!

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.

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.

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.