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Quote by Greer Garson

“When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it.”

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Greer Garson, a renowned British actress, was born on September 29, 1904, in London, and passed away on April 6, 1996. She is celebrated for her exceptional performances in film and theater, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress. more

“I've been offered nymphomaniacs, kleptomaniacs, pyromaniacs, homicidal maniacs and just plain maniacs. I think producers felt that after playing a long series of noble and admirable characters there would be quite a lot of shock value in seeing me play something altogether different. But I prefer upbeat stories that send people out of the theater feeling better than they did coming in. It's my cup of tea.”

“If you're going to be typed, there are worse molds in which you can be cast.”

Ifs Casts Mold

Author:Greer Garson

“All I know about getting something that you want is that there are three essential things: wanting, trying and getting the opportunity, the breaks. None works alone without the others. Wanting is basic. Trying is up to you. And the breaks - I do know this, they always happen.”

Knows Want Trying Happens Three Opportunity Break Essentials Up To You

Author:Greer Garson

“I have Bob Dylan lyrics on my ribs. I'm a diehard Dylan fan, and my dad and I joke that if I ever met him, I'd have him sign his name right under my tattoo and then I'd run to the parlor to get his signature tattooed.”

Ifs Running Names Fans Dad Mets Jokes My Dad Bob Tattoo Dylan Signatures Ribs Tattooed Parlor Diehard

Author:Carly Chaikin

“For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I'm related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I got to know him too well, but I think life should be that way.”

Thinking Knows Way Should Wells Answers Related Hitchcock

Author:Kim Novak

“Harry Cohn did not make me. But I also feel that I probably didn't make me, either. I think it was a combination. I think that's what made it work.”

Thinking Feels Made Made It Combination

Author:Kim Novak

“What was I thinking? Fact is I wasn't thinking. I didn't want to think. I wanted to feel.”

Thinking Want Feels Facts Wanted

Author:Dawn French

“I don't read novels whilst I'm writing one; I just haven't got a wide enough brain to concentrate on incoming and outgoing in the same time zone.”

Writing Enough Brain Novel Havens Wide Zone Outgoing Time Zones

Author:Dawn French

“Get stoned and abandon all constructive activity.”

Activity Abandon Constructive Lsd Dropping Out

Book:Flashbacks: A Personal and Cultural History of an Era : an Autobiography

Source: Flashbacks: A Personal and Cultural History of an Era : an Autobiography

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