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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

I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#actress #am #because #chance #could

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

I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I'd have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#away #bargaining #best #born #columbia

It's the music that brings us together. ↗

— John Oates

#music #together #us

The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done. ↗

— John Oates

#changed #done #never #our #roots

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

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