Ingrid Bergman quotes

“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