Irene Dunne: Trending quotes

“That's why there are so few women stars today. Pornography has taken away the mystery.”

Irene Dunne

A Visit With Irene Dunne (1977)

Women , Star

“Parading about in the latest gowns and making dull platitudes for an entire evening doesn't constitute social success in my book.”

Irene Dunne

How To Get Along In Hollywood (1948)

Books , Success

“How do I remain what is called "normal"? Because for me it's the natural thing to do, and therefore easier than doing something else.”

Irene Dunne

How Do I Stay Normal in Hollywood (1942)

Nature

“Surely it isn't entirely normal to see fingers pointing at you as a rare species, the only one in captivity!”

Irene Dunne

How Do I Stay Normal in Hollywood (1942)

“When I found myself riding in a lift with the great showman, I was too much too frightened even to look at him, much less get off at the same floor.”

Irene Dunne

Hats, Hunches And Happiness (1945)

“There are worse things in life than being called a lady.”

Irene Dunne

A Visit With Irene Dunne (1977)

Life

“Tackling one thing at a time, I have managed better than I would have thought possible.”

Irene Dunne

To Make You Hapier, by Roberta Orminston http://www.irenedunnesite.com/press/photoplay-april-1944/ Photoplay (April 1944).

Time

“They aren't interested in the fact that whenever they kick up dirt, the dirt rubs off on every one of us.”

Irene Dunne

How To Get Along In Hollywood (1948)

“Hollywood is fond of gushing chit-chat as any other town.”

Irene Dunne

How To Get Along In Hollywood (1948)

“Usually marriages break up because people won't take the trouble to get through the middle breakfasts. It's no trick to get through the first breakfasts, when love is new and there are bows on the eggs. And once the middle breakfasts are over the last breakfasts, when plenty of allowances have been made on both sides and an understanding friendship and deep love have been established, are a joy forever.”

Irene Dunne

To Make You Hapier, by Roberta Orminston http://www.irenedunnesite.com/press/photoplay-april-1944/ Photoplay (April 1944).

Love , Friendship , Marriage , People

“Now don't you dare call me normal. I was never a Pollyanna. There was always a lot of Theodora in me.”

Irene Dunne

A Visit With Irene Dunne (1977)

“If I began today, I would certainly remember that by becoming a movie actress one automatically becomes vulnerable in the matter of gossip.”

Irene Dunne

If You Want Success (Screenland Interview) (1961)

“Extremism of the right or the left is dangerous.”

Irene Dunne

A Visit With Irene Dunne (1977)

“I don't give my phone number to strangers. It's Plaza 5048.”

Irene Dunne

to her future husband when he asked for her phone number after their first dance.[citation needed]

“People have also said that I can't be used as a fair example of Hollywood living since I keep my private life so completely separate from my career.”

Irene Dunne

How To Get Along In Hollywood (1948)

Life , People

“I couldn't advise others to try such a long distance marriage, but for us it works perfectly. We are three thousand miles apart, it is true, but the big thing is that we each have our careers without interference from the other. My husband can't leave his practice and I can't leave Hollywood, but neither of us has any thought of giving up either the career or each other. Some day we shall again live in our 'honeymoon' apartment - but in the meantime, for us, this is the best possible way.”

Irene Dunne

The Girl Nobody Knows; New Movie Magazine, Reginald Taviner (October 1932) http://www.irenedunnesite.com/press/new-movie-magazine-october-1932/.

Marriage , Way

“There seems to be a general impression that to be known as normal in Hollywood is akin to being labeled as rare animal in a zoo.”

Irene Dunne

How Do I Stay Normal in Hollywood (1942)

Animals

“You'll be much better equipped for a long life in pictures if you have a sound theatrical background.”

Irene Dunne

If You Want Success (Screenland Interview) (1961)

Life

“In addition to actual dramatic training and experience, I'd want as much education as possible.”

Irene Dunne

If You Want Success (Screenland Interview) (1961)

Education , Training

“Strange as it may seem to those who have read much of the screwball side of Hollywood life, I have never had to fight against an impulse to jump into a swimming-pool while dressed for the opera.”

Irene Dunne

How Do I Stay Normal in Hollywood (1942)

Life , Reading , Fight