Hedy Lamarr

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.

— Hedy Lamarr

If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude... I hope to make you use your imagination.

— Hedy Lamarr

It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.

— Hedy Lamarr

Perhaps my problem in marriage - and it is the problem of many women - was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.

— Hedy Lamarr

I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it.

— Hedy Lamarr

My mother always called me an ugly weed, so I never was aware of anything until I was older. Plain girls should have someone telling them they are beautiful. Sometimes this works miracles.

— Hedy Lamarr

Perhaps my problem in marriage - and it is the problem of many women - was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.

— Hedy Lamarr

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

— Hedy Lamarr

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

— Hedy Lamarr

Some men like a dull life - they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it - it's often catching.

— Hedy Lamarr

The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year.

— Hedy Lamarr

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

— Hedy Lamarr

Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.

— Hedy Lamarr

I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money, I have only realized its true worth when I didn't have it.

— Hedy Lamarr

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

— Hedy Lamarr

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

— Hedy Lamarr

I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.

— Hedy Lamarr

I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.

— Hedy Lamarr

Perhaps my problem in marriage - and it is the problem of many women - was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.

— Hedy Lamarr

I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow. This never fails.

— Hedy Lamarr

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

— Hedy Lamarr

I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.

— Hedy Lamarr

I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.

— Hedy Lamarr

I was the highest-priced and most important star in Hollywood, but I was "difficult."

— Hedy Lamarr

To be a star is~to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.

— Hedy Lamarr

Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.

— Hedy Lamarr

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

— Hedy Lamarr