You know, I wasn't gonna wait around. And I thought, 'You know, what I'd like to do if I have my choice, I wanna go to Big Sur and go back to paintin… - Kim Novak

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You know, I wasn't gonna wait around. And I thought, 'You know, what I'd like to do if I have my choice, I wanna go to Big Sur and go back to painting.' For better or worse, I left Hollywood. I let in very few people in my life, and I got involved with animals in my life. And not just cats and dogs. I had to learn who I was again through animals, because animals know who you really are.

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About Kim Novak

Marilyn Pauline "Kim" Novak (born 13 February 1933) is an American former actress and visual artist. As an actress, she began her film career in 1954 by signing with Columbia Pictures to star in several films, including Picnic (1955), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) and Pal Joey (1957). She is known for her dual role as Madeline Elster and Judy Barton in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Vertigo (1958) with James Stewart. Throughout the 1960s, she enjoyed box office success with several co-stars until she left Hollywood in 1966 and pursued visual arts, as well as sporadically acting, until her retirement from acting in 1992. Her contributions to cinema have been honoured with two Golden Globe Awards, an Honorary Golden Bear Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is currently a painter and visual artist.

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Birth Name: Marilyn Pauline Novak
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I don't keep up with anything that's said. If I paid attention to the good things, I'd have to pay attention to the bad things. I don't keep up with all that. It's better to just go along and do what you do. For a long time when I was in Hollywood, I did pay attention and it was confusing. It led you down a jagged path. It pulled you in one direction, then another direction. I would get off my focus. I had a hard time with boundaries.

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