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Top 20 Judy Holliday Quotes (2024 Update)

Judy Holliday Quote: “Never do nothing you wouldnt want printed on the front page of The New York Times.”

1. “Never do nothing you wouldnt want printed on the front page of The New York Times.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.”

2. “Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “I’m a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it’s like losing a leg.”

3. “I’m a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it’s like losing a leg.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “Of course I work hard. Why shouldn’t I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?”

4. “Of course I work hard. Why shouldn’t I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.”

5. “I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.”

6. “Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “I’m trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else’s skin. Sometimes I feel I’ve accomplished it. But when I don’t, I’m nobody at all, having left myself at home.”

7. “I’m trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else’s skin. Sometimes I feel I’ve accomplished it. But when I don’t, I’m nobody at all, having left myself at home.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.”

8. “We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience’s attention without extraordinary physical equipment.”

9. “You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience’s attention without extraordinary physical equipment.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “I’ve always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn’t get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes.”

10. “I’ve always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn’t get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal.”

11. “People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am.”

12. “I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything.”

13. “If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.”

14. “I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “I am not a member of any organization listed by the Attorney General as subversive. In any instance where I lent my name in the past, it was certainly without knowledge that such an organization was subversive. I have always been essentially and foremost an American.”

15. “I am not a member of any organization listed by the Attorney General as subversive. In any instance where I lent my name in the past, it was certainly without knowledge that such an organization was subversive. I have always been essentially and foremost an American.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “In repose, my face looks as though I had gone through a terrible deal in the last five minutes. I have to disguise the expression and get a glassy-eyed look. That’s something I learned from my dog.”

16. “In repose, my face looks as though I had gone through a terrible deal in the last five minutes. I have to disguise the expression and get a glassy-eyed look. That’s something I learned from my dog.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.”

17. “I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn’t hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.”

18. “We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn’t hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I’ve never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman – she’s really my only idol. It’s going to be a big stretch – certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile.”

19. “I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I’ve never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman – she’s really my only idol. It’s going to be a big stretch – certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile.”

— Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday Quote: “I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I’d have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing.”

20. “I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I’d have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing.”

— Judy Holliday

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