Judy Holliday

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

— Judy Holliday

#composers #fact #give #good #nobody

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

— Judy Holliday

#dress #gal #hard #hard time #like

He didn't maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way! ↗

— Judy Holliday

#before #boy #gave #great #great way

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

— Judy Holliday

#expression #form #i #limited #people

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

— Judy Holliday

#am #anything #dozen #dozen times #five

I could talk about him all day. He's one of the most wonderful things that ever happened to me. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#all day #could #day #ever #happened

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

— Judy Holliday

#before #being #cry #every #hated

I think Billie is the kind of girl who would let her hips swing loose. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#girl #her #hips #i #i think

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#business #convinced #experience #hating #i

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#betray #friends #lovers #right #you