Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Jean Simmons

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British actress Jean Simmons.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Jean Simmons

Jean Merilyn Simmons, was a British actress and singer. One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and after World War II, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards.

If I hadn't gone to dancing school, I would have married and had children like my mum and had a normal life. — © Jean Simmons
If I hadn't gone to dancing school, I would have married and had children like my mum and had a normal life.
My career has had a lot of ups and downs, but basically it has been wonderful.
Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls right behind you. Once you've gone beyond the vanity of the business, you'll take on the tough roles.
I didn't even know what an Oscar was at the time.
I remember a long, long day of filming and it took forever to get Kirk Douglas up on his cross. We played a terrible joke on him when, as he was safely installed, the assistant director called lunch and left him up there. He could have had the lot of us fired but he was very good about it. You have to have a sense of humor in this industry.
in Divorce American style, there was the discomfort of seeing one of the beautiful wasted actresses of the screen, Jean Simmons. Her suggestions of sensibility - what she embodies - were too fine for the world of that movie. Her presence made the movie she was trapped in seem uglier.
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