Natalie Wood Quotes

#1. Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.

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#2. There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.

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#3. We were descended from royalty.

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#4. I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be.

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#5. I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done.

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#6. I thought it was a wonderful line - right on the cutting room floor.

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#7. I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.

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#8. My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later.

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#9. The constant attention is what is so difficult.

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#10. Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult.

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#11. Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.

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#12. The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby.

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#13. Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.

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#14. The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well.

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#15. At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space.

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#16. I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.

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#17. We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.

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#18. I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.

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#19. For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby.

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#20. From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything.

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#21. I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.

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#22. Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.

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#23. A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.

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#24. My friends seem much more excited about my doing Anastasia than Brainstorm ... and to tell you the truth, I feel the same way.

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#25. If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.

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#26. I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me.

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#27. I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.

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#28. I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.

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#29. I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in.

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#30. I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt.

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#31. Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up.

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#32. When I get married it will be for keeps.

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