43 Quotes by Judy Holliday

I think Billie is the kind of girl who would let her hips swing loose.

They weren't interested in entertainment. They were tough. I learned one trick, which was to be quieter than they were until they had to look at you. It took a lot of agressiveness.

I originated the character out of sheer necessity and a bit of intuition. They tell me I went on. But all I remember is walking in a London Fog.

In repose, my face looks as though I had gone through a terrible deal in the last five minutes. I have to disguise the expression and get a glassy-eyed look. That's something I learned from my dog.

Never do nothing you wouldnt want printed on the front page of The New York Times.

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn’t I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

I’m a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it’s like losing a leg.

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.

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience’s attention without extraordinary physical equipment.