Now with all this movie business, everybody's coming around wanting to know everything that's happened since I was four. It's like going to an analyst.
Judy Holliday

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?
Judy Holliday

People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal.
Judy Holliday

The only actress they didn't test was Garbo. Must have been her accent.
Judy Holliday

They weren't interested in entertainment. They were tough. I learned one trick, which was to be quieter than they were until they had to look at you. It took a lot of agressiveness.
Judy Holliday

We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.
Judy Holliday

We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.
Judy Holliday

When they thought of me, they always remembered the vacuous Billie Dawn. It was as simple as that.
Judy Holliday

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.
Judy Holliday