Hedy Lamarr
Actress and frequency-hopping inventor
Sayings by Hedy Lamarr
All creative people want to do the unexpected.
I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.
The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press Press agent, press photographer, pressure.
My face has been my misfortune. It is a mask I cannot remove. I must always live with it.
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
I know why most people never get rich. They put the money ahead of the job. If you just think of the job, the money will automatically follow.
I suppose I am a strange combination of logic and wild imagination.
People are unreasonable and illogical. That's what makes life interesting.
The most complicated things in the world are often the simplest.
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
I was born beautiful. It's like being born with a talent for science or math. But I didn't get to use my brains until later.
The world is full of people who are not as smart as they think they are.
I have been accused of being a woman of many husbands, but I am not.
I enjoyed the money, but I never enjoyed the work.
I don't have to be a movie star. I can be a scientist.
I am a very shy person. I don't like to be in public.
I'm a woman, so I'm always right.
I never think of my looks. I am concerned with other things.
To be a star, you have to be above average.
I am not a slave to Hollywood. I am a free woman.