Ingrid Bergman Quotes

I regret the things I didn't do, not what I did.

In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They didn't like the political point of view. The picture was taken off immediately and was never sold to television. A while ago it was brought in and opened in five theatres in Paris, as a new movie. They had a big gala opening where I appeared and people were absolutely crazy about it.

I said, "I don't think I can give you that kind of emotion." And he [Hitchcock] sat there and said, "Ingrid, fake it!" Well, that was the best advice I've had in my whole life, because in all the years to come there were many directors who gave me what I thought were quite impossible instructions and many difficult things to do, and just when I was on the verge of starting to argue with them, I heard his voice coming to me through the air saying, "Ingrid, fake it!" It saved a lot of unpleasant situations and waste of time.

On acting to daughter Isabella Rossellini: Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in.

I won't do this movie because I don't believe the love story," she told Selznick. "The heroine is an intellectual woman, and an intellectual woman simply can't fall in love so deeply.

There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh.

I hate Sunday, I can't wait for Monday so I can go back to work again.

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up!

Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!

I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.

A kiss is the natures way to stop a conversation, when the words are superfluous

The first time an autograph hunter told me, 'You are my mother's favorite actress,' I aged twenty years.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

When one never speaks, one has nothing to say because one has too much to say.

A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness.

Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.

I'm only interested in two kinds of people, those who can entertain me and those who can advance my career.

Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.

Just give the Italians a chance for drama and they take it with both hands.

I thank God who slowly dressed me in a heavy skin, otherwise I would now be dead.

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart.

I always felt guilty. My whole life.

A kiss is a lovely trick to stop speech.

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.

Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.

Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.

I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.