Irene Dunne Quotes

• The things we like best are either illegal, immoral or fattening.

  Irene Dunne

  Illegal, Fattening, Immoral

  "Fictional character: Terry McKay". "Love Affair", www.imdb.com. 1939.

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• if we don't stand for something, you may be sure we will fall for anything.

  Irene Dunne

  Fall, Principles, May

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• I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. There are worse things in life than being called a Lady.

  Irene Dunne

  Things In Life, Use, Swear

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• That's the kind of stuff you are offered today. Scripts that have you mixed up with young men. I find them utterly revolting.

  Irene Dunne

  Men, Stuff, Today

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• Trying to build the brotherhood of man without the fatherhood of God is like trying to make a wheel without a hub.

  Irene Dunne

  Men, Brotherhood Of Man, Trying

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• I appeared with many leading men. But working with Cary Grant was different from working with other actors. He was much more fun! I think we were a successful team because we enjoyed working together tremendously, and that pleasure must have shown through onto the screen. I will always remember two compliments he made me. He said I had perfect timing in comedy and that I was the sweetest smelling actress he ever worked with.

  Irene Dunne

  Fun, Team, Successful

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Of course WE never had to do nude scenes. I'm glad, too, because I'm susceptible to pneumonia.

  Irene Dunne

  Pneumonia, Scene, Glad

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• That's why there are so few women stars today. Pornography has taken away the mystery.

  Irene Dunne

  Stars, Taken, Today

  "A Visit With Irene Dunne". American Classic Screen, September 1977.

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• There seems to be a general impression that to be known as normal in Hollywood is akin to being labeled as rare animal in a zoo.

  Irene Dunne

  Zoos, Animal, Hollywood

  "How Do I Stay Normal in Hollywood". Movie Radio Guide, April 25, 1942.

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• I drifted into acting and drifted out. Acting is not everything. Living is.

  Irene Dunne

  Acting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You see I found I didn't have to act to be happy

  Irene Dunne

  Found

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• I like the fog that creeps over the whole city every night about five, and the warm protective feeling it gives...and lights of San Francisco at night, the fog horn, the bay at dusk and the little flower stands where spring flowers appear before anywhere else in the country...But, most of all, I like the view of the ocean from the Cliff House.

  Irene Dunne

  Country, Spring, Ocean

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• Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace

  Irene Dunne

  Years, Shopping, Hounds

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• I always believed in my characters. I lived them

  Irene Dunne

  Character, Always Believe

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• And yet I think The White Cliffs of Dover one of my best films

  Irene Dunne

  Thinking, White, Dover

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• I'll leave the swearing to the Jane Fondas.

  Irene Dunne

  Swearing, Jane

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• But friends invited me to a private screening of Emmanuelle and said I'd learn a few things. But I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. So I declined

  Irene Dunne

  Use, Said, Screening

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• Nothing can replace the excitement, the magic, and yes the glamour of a Ziegfeld show.

  Irene Dunne

  Magic, Excitement, Glamour

  "Hats, Hunches And Happiness" by Irene Dunne, February 17, 1945.

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• So being two different people in one day unnerved me to no end.

  Irene Dunne

  Two, People, One Day

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