Luise Rainer Quotes

I always considered myself the world's worst actress.

I was very thin, like a boy, and I was very un-sexy.

The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

I don't believe in anything artificial. I don't believe in makeup.

I am sensitive to life, and somehow acting comes to me. I can't explain it.

I feel best in nature or near nature.

One can be more than once in love - that's the most important thing.

I should have done more. I did too little of everything.

The secret of a long life is to never trust a doctor.

Happiness lies in moments, and while you have it, you're not even aware; only afterwards do you know you were happy.

I would much rather be a bad Luise Rainer than a second someone else.

I had immense ambition to become a really valuable actress.

One of the biggest dangers in Hollywood is becoming typed.

I admire people who are creative.

Take a person like Julia Roberts: she does what she wants.

I know the good from the bad, also the in-between, but I was never political.

I was one of the horses of the Louis B. Mayer stable, and I thought the films I was given after my Academy Awards were not worthy.

Once, I was a bigger star than Greta Garbo.