Gene Tierney Quotes


Movie failures are like the common cold. You can stay in bed and take aspirin for six days and recover. Or you can walk around and ignore it for six days and recover.


Citations

Tierney, Gene, and Mickey Herskowitz. Self-Portrait. Wyden Books, 1979.

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Gene Tierney
Gene Tierney
  • Born: November 19, 1920
  • Died: November 6, 1991
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actress

Gene Eliza Tierney was an American film and stage actress. Acclaimed for her great beauty, she became established as a leading lady. Tierney was best known for her portrayal of the title character in the film Laura (1944), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Ellen Berent Harland in Leave Her to Heaven (1945).