I said, `I'm not going to change my family name.' Harry Cohn said, `Well, nobody's going to go see a girl with a Polack name.' I said, `Well, I'm Cze… - Kim Novak

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I said, `I'm not going to change my family name.' Harry Cohn said, `Well, nobody's going to go see a girl with a Polack name.' I said, `Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.'

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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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I would just say hold out for what you believe in, and don't be afraid to express yourself. Don't let people try to change you, because in the long run, if you keep trying to do what everyone else thinks is right, it's not. You've got to do what you believe. Shakespeare was so right: 'This above all, to thine own self be true.’

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