43 Quotes by Judy Holliday

Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.

I could talk about him all day. He's one of the most wonderful things that ever happened to me.

It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar.

I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home

I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman - she's really my only idol. It's going to be a big stretch - certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile.

I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.

He didn't maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way!

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.