Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British actress Claire Bloom.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Patricia Claire Bloom is an English actress. She is known for leading roles in plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire,A Doll's House, and Long Day's Journey into Night, and has starred in nearly sixty films. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you.
I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone.
In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.
I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it.
I don't think actresses' lives in general are very good.
I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that.
I am interested in the art. I'm a professional woman.
My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.
I started on a very high note and I was alwasy able to choose. I want to be able to do that until my last breath. And to do that, you have to have money.
In my day, people didn't do nude scenes. I mean they didn't exist.
I learned from watching and I learned form doing.
Film is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it.
Security has no place in the life of an actress.
When I was in England doing Romeo and Juliet as a child star, I was interviewed by the British press, who are even more vicious and cruel than the Americans. So I have been extremely guarded ever since.
You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.
In any of the arts, you never stop learning.
I remember seeing some little wrinkles in my early 30s and thinking they were interesting. But you know the horror of it is that the screen image has to be perfect.
I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.
Even the most stoic of men will be childlike at least once in a day.
I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it
I've spent my life pursuing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.
I am interested in the art. I'm a professional woman
Film is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it
I don't think actresses' lives in general are very good
I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone
I remember seeing some little wrinkles in my early 30s and thinking they were interesting. But you know the horror of it is that the screen image has to be perfect