Myrna Loy Quotes

• Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.

  Myrna Loy

  Life, Dance, Dancing

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

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• They say the movies should be more like life; I think life should be more like the movies.

  Myrna Loy

  Thinking, Should

  James Kotsilibas-Davis, Myrna Loy (1987). “Myrna Loy: being and becoming”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• Life is not about having and getting. It's about being and becoming.

  Myrna Loy

  Becoming, Life Is

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• Some perfect wife I am. I've been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can't boil an egg.

  Myrna Loy

  Children, Eggs, Perfect

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

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• Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a courthouse carrying a briefcase?

  Myrna Loy

  Play, Black, Doe

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

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• If you're bored in New York, it's your own fault.

  Myrna Loy

  New York, Bored, Faults

  James Kotsilibas-Davis, Myrna Loy (1987). “Myrna Loy: being and becoming”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• I think that carrying on a life that is meant to be private in public is a breach of taste, common sense, and mental hygiene.

  Myrna Loy

  Thinking, Hygiene, Common Sense

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• I admire some of the people on the screen today, but most of them look like everybody else. In our day we had individuality. Pictures were more sophisticated. All this nudity is too excessive and it is getting very boring. It will be a shame if it upsets people so much that it brings on the need for censorship. I hate censorship. In the cinema there's no mystery. No privacy. And no sex, either. Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex.

  Myrna Loy

  Sex, Hate, Expression

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

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• I had these slinky eyes and a sense of humor.

  Myrna Loy

  Eye, Slinkies, Sense Of Humor

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• I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and, above all, a true gentleman.

  Myrna Loy

  Gentleman, Actors, Brilliant

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

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• I was glamorous because of magicians like George Folsey, James Wong Howe, Oliver Marsh, Ray June, and all those other great cinematographers. I trusted those men and the other experts who made us beautiful. The rest of it I didn't give a damn about. I didn't fuss about my clothes, my lighting, or anything else, but, believe me, some of them did.

  Myrna Loy

  Beautiful, Believe, Men

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• When I think of [my relationship with Gable], considering the way it started, it was curious. We became devoted to each other. We weren't lovers-he was in love with Carole Lombard...we eventually became more like siblings. Nobody believes that and you can understand why...but our relationship was unique. Oh he sometimes gave me the macho routine when people were watching but he changed when we were alone.

  Myrna Loy

  Sibling, Believe, Unique

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• I was a homely kid with freckles that came out every spring and stuck on me till Christmas.

  Myrna Loy

  Spring, Kids, Freckles

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

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• Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex.

  Myrna Loy

  Sex, Expression, Looks

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

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• I got rid of all those reporters.

  Myrna Loy

  Drinking, Reporters

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