Polly Bergen famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The thing is, when you see your old friends, you come face to face with yourself. I run into someone I've known for 40 or 50 years, and they're old. And I suddenly realize I'm old. It comes as an enormous shock to me.
-- Polly Bergen

#Running #Years #Old Friends
Show me a woman content with her figure and I'll show you a seven-year-old girl. Everybody else is engaged in the war against flab.
-- Polly Bergen

#Girl #War #Years
Imitation is the sincerest form of insecurity.
-- Polly Bergen

#Insecurity #Imitation #Form
Smoking ages you quicker than almost anything else.
-- Polly Bergen

#Smoking #Age
Baltimore is one of the most beautiful towns, really. And trust me, I don't say that about every place. There is just something so quaint, old and beautiful about this place.
-- Polly Bergen

#Beautiful #Baltimore #Towns
The secret Ive lived by ever since I started earning money is this: Always buy a house with an extra bedroom adjoining the master. And thats always my closet.
-- Polly Bergen

#House #Secret #Earning
I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didnt want to be a singer. I didnt want to be an actress. I wanted to be a star.
-- Polly Bergen

#Stars #Ambitious #Singers
I started having a lot of problems with my voice in my mid-30s.
-- Polly Bergen

#Voice #Problem
I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!''
-- Polly Bergen

#Dog #Singing #Ovation
I saw several actresses play the part. I did not in fact, as far as I know, do anything that any of the other actresses did. I don't think actresses do that. I think that what we do is we see a role as a role, we don't see it as a person. We look at the role and think, 'What can I, as an actor, bring to that part?
-- Polly Bergen

#Thinking #Play #Roles
John Waters is one of the sweetest, dearest, most adorable men I've ever worked with.
-- Polly Bergen

#Men #Adorable #Water

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