When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He was not a womanizer, not as I understood the term. – Gene Tierney
I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war. – Gene Tierney
Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties. – Gene Tierney
I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be. – Gene Tierney
When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb. – Gene Tierney
In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother’s distress. – Gene Tierney
There were days that I worked all the time, without a layoff, or a rest, finishing one picture and reporting for another sometimes on the same day. – Gene Tierney
Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can’t provide the chemistry between an audience and what appears on the stage or screen. – Gene Tierney
I’m not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy’s charm, but he took life just as it came. – Gene Tierney
I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed. – Gene Tierney
In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening. – Gene Tierney
Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a Chinese. – Gene Tierney