Julie London famous quotes

03-29-2025

The acting was first. As a teenager I was an actress; and then I came back as a singer.
-- Julie London

#Teenager #Acting #Singers
The one appearance that I made for President Kennedy, he, as I understand, had his choice or was asked to make a list of the people he would like to have perform, and I was fortunate enough to be one of them.
-- Julie London

#People #Choices #President
I'd retired for about six or seven years. Coming back to the business, I found that I was sort of not quite a has-been, and it wasn't a new career, it was just kind of difficult to crack the nut, so to speak.
-- Julie London

#Years #Nuts #Careers
I think that's one of the most difficult things in any marriage - in order to build anything, you must be together. You can't build anything over the telephone.
-- Julie London

#Thinking #Order #Together
Sometimes you kind of lose yourself in someone else's personality.
-- Julie London

#Personality #Kind #Sometimes
If it's a terrible script, it's a terrible bore.
-- Julie London

#Scripts #Terrible #Bores
I think homes should reflect the individuals and their individual taste rather than someone else's.
-- Julie London

#Home #Thinking #Taste
I think any entertainer just sort of goes along with whatever comes along.
-- Julie London

#Thinking #Entertainers
I prefer the things around town. I'm not one for going out of town too much.
-- Julie London

#Going Out #Too Much #Towns
I do everything all wrong, but I think for me that's the best, because I don't think I have a voice.
-- Julie London

#Thinking #Voice
If it's an excellent script, I enjoy it tremendously, the acting part of it.
-- Julie London

#Acting #Scripts #Brilliant
I'm sure any vocal teacher that listens to me would rather cut my throat than do anything - I do everything all wrong - but I think for me that's the best - because I don't think I have a voice so I think what I project would be style - if I learned to sing I'd lose my style.
-- Julie London

#Teacher #Cutting #Thinking
It's only a thimbleful of a voice, and I have to use it close to the microphone. But it is a kind of oversmoked voice, and it automatically sounds intimate.
-- Julie London

#Voice #Sound #Use

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