Top Judy Holliday Quotes - Quotesmemo.com

Judy Holliday Biography

Judy Holliday (Born Judith Tuvim, June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian, and singer.

Read about Judy Holliday in Wikipedia

Random Authors

Judy Holliday Quotes

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.

Composer, Facts, Giving, Good, Overlooked, Part

It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting.

Acting, Hollywood, Mark, Take, Tough, Who Cares

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

Expression, Limited, People, Seriously, Take, Theatre

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

Actress, Actresses, Afterward, Cry, Ideas, Whole

People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal.

Classy, Dresses, Hard, Hard Times, Making, People

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.

Disguise, Dog, Expression, Look, Looks

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything

Audience, Handle, Nightclubs, Successfully

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

Easy, Hard, Hard Work, Think, Thinking, Way

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

Actors, Dozen, Instant, Six, Times, Trying

I am not a member of any organization listed by the Attorney General as subversive. In any instance where I lent my name in the past, it was certainly without knowledge that such an organization was subversive. I have always been essentially and foremost an American.

Attorney, Knowledge, Member, Names, Organization, Past

I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am.

Acting, Guess, Here I Am, Quit, Writing

We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.

Funny, Inspirational, Like, Sail, Sailing, Wavering

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

Belong, Born, Leave, Legs, Losing

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

Hair, Literate, Use, Voice

We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.

Clubs, Deal, Money, Owners, Prestige