Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Elizabeth Wilson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Elizabeth Wilson.

Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Elizabeth Welter Wilson was an American actress whose career spanned nearly 70 years, including memorable roles in film and television. In 1972 she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Sticks and Bones. Wilson was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2006.

American - Actress | April 4, 1921 - May 9, 2015

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I had no desire to be a star and a star's responsibility.

Elizabeth Wilson

It's one thing to be talented, but the other thing is connections - with agents, with people; that's what makes a difference, and from the beginning, I've had wonderful representation.

Elizabeth Wilson

In the 1940s, I was doing something called the Equity Library Theater in New York, when a movie company came to see the play I was in and offered me a contract. But the deal was, my nose was too big and they wanted me to have surgery. My jaw was crooked, and I'd have to have that fixed, too. And they didn't like my name; it was too common.

Elizabeth Wilson

I didn't want to give up my career. That's what kept me alive, kept me going. I couldn't stop - didn't want to stop - being all these different characters.

Elizabeth Wilson

I always felt the play came first. If it didn't touch me, I'd say forget the part.

Elizabeth Wilson

I had no desire to be a star. I wanted to be a character actress and be able to do all kinds of parts and work on a lot of things. That was my unconscious choice. I wanted to be an undercover actress.

Elizabeth Wilson

When I was about 8, I used to go into one of the rooms in the mansion, and I would open a magazine like the 'Ladies Home Journal,' and I would see these characters on the pages and then become them, talking back and forth.

Elizabeth Wilson

Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Elizabeth Wilson

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