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Ingrid Bergman
Quotes by Ingrid Bergman
Quotes by Ingrid Bergman
“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.”
Ingrid Bergman
“I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.”
Ingrid Bergman
“Be yourself. The world worships the original.”
Ingrid Bergman
“I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!”
Ingrid Bergman
“I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go?”
Ingrid Bergman
“Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.”
Ingrid Bergman
“I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.”
Ingrid Bergman
“Happiness is good health and a bad memory.”
Ingrid Bergman
“I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.”
Ingrid Bergman
“I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.”
Ingrid Bergman
“There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant.”
Ingrid Bergman
“Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.”
Ingrid Bergman
“Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.”
Ingrid Bergman
“I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.”
Ingrid Bergman
“I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart.”
Ingrid Bergman
“If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.”
Ingrid Bergman
“It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.”
Ingrid Bergman
“Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.”
Ingrid Bergman
