Judy Holliday

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

— Judy Holliday

#hair #i #i can #literate #maybe

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

— Judy Holliday

#born #bred #everytime #here #i

I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#ate #books #boxes #candy #cereal

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

— Judy Holliday

#audience #handle #nightclub #successfully #you

It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#meant #much #oscar #winning

Now with all this movie business, everybody's coming around wanting to know everything that's happened since I was four. It's like going to an analyst. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#around #business #coming #everybody #everything

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

— Judy Holliday

#course #easy #easy way #get #hard

The only actress they didn't test was Garbo. Must have been her accent. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#actress #been #garbo #her #must

They weren't interested in entertainment. They were tough. I learned one trick, which was to be quieter than they were until they had to look at you. It took a lot of agressiveness. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#had #i #interested #learned #look

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. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#club #deal #gained #great #great deal