Acting is a very limited form of express... by Judy Holliday | We Heart Quotes

People singer actress comedian Academy Award Winner

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

- Judy Holliday

Other quotes by Judy Holliday

Performance Fact

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

- Judy Holliday

Business Now

Now with all this movie business, everybody's coming around wanting to know everything that's happened since I was four. It's like going to an analyst.

- Judy Holliday

Smile People

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

The only actress they didn't test was Garbo. Must have been her accent.

- Judy Holliday

Skin Home

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

Words Books

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

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