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29 quotes by Kim Novak

Kim Novak (born Marilyn Pauline Novak on February 13, 1933 in Chicago) is an American actress. She began her career in 1954 at age 21, and came to prominence almost immediately with a leading role in the film Picnic (1955). Other films from this period of her career include The Man With the Golden Arm (1955), The Eddy Duchin Story (1956), Pal Joey (1957), Jeanne Eagels (1957), the Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo (1958), Bell, Book and Candle...
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I used Jimmy to give me what I needed to keep going and to know that I was on the right path with it. I thought I saw Jimmy's soul all the time... →

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I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show me that it's only a matter of time before... →

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I already hated that gray suit and then having to go through putting on that wig with a false front - again made me feel so trapped inside this... →

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And I went through a lot of detours and I took a lot of roads and things so yes, that's all there, but it's not meant to be shocking or... →

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Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.

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I don't think you want to give all the answers, but I think every answer you do give should bring up another question, and not all questions... →

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My first day at MGM they decided to bring this lion out, male, and it was not the best time for him to see me. All of a sudden he thought I was in... →

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My security comes from my senses, my sensing the direction I should go and suddenly I felt out of tune, out of step with what other people wanted or... →

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Just touching that old tree was truly moving to me because when you touch these trees, you have such a sense of the passage of time, of history.... →

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I had a lot of resentment for a while toward Kim Novak. But I don't mind her anymore. She's okay. We've become friends. I even asked her... →

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Harry Cohn did not make me. But I also feel that I probably didn't make me, either. I think it was a combination. I think that's what made it... →

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I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on... →

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The thing I loved about Alfred Hitchcock is that he left a lot of open ends there, a lot of clues that didn't really add up the way you think... →

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