In the 1940s, I was doing something called the Equity Library Theater in New York, when a movie company came to see the play I was in and offered me a contract. But the deal was, my nose was too big and they wanted me to have surgery. My jaw was crooked, and I'd have to have that fixed, too. And they didn't like my name; it was too common.
Elizabeth Wilson0
Next quotes
Elizabeth Wilson:
I had no desire to be a star. I wanted to be a character actress and be able to do all kinds of parElizabeth Wilson:
I didn't want to give up my career. That's what kept me alive, kept me going. I couldn't stop - didElizabeth Wilson:
I had no desire to be a star and a star's responsibility.Elizabeth Wilson:
When I was about 8, I used to go into one of the rooms in the mansion, and I would open a magazineElizabeth Wilson:
It's one thing to be talented, but the other thing is connections - with agents, with people; that'Elizabeth Wilson:
I always felt the play came first. If it didn't touch me, I'd say forget the part.Marguerite Duras:
I believe that always, or almost always, in all childhoods and in all the lives that follow them, tMarguerite Duras:
Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lacMarguerite Duras:
Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade like the darkness itselfMarguerite Duras:
No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power