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QUOTES

Quotes about Natalie Wood
- “Natalie had a sense of humor, but she didn’t like jokes.” -Lana Wood
- “Natalie loved clothes and shopping, loved to look ravishing. And she usually did.” -Lana Wood
- “Natalie’s mother never taught her child to separate fact from fantasy, because she often    blurred the line herself.” -Gavin Lambert


Quotes from Natalie Wood
- "Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up."
- "As a person, one thinks of oneself."
- "At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that    you are floating in space."
- "Emotion memory is recalling something sad when you have a sad scene to do. Very early on I    used to get myself in the right mood by thinking of a pet dog that died."
- "How do you expect me to be normal when I learned that the most attention I could get was the    harder I cried?"
- "I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha."
- "I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of    anguish and guilt."
- "I was so over protected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was."
- "I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I    won't have to."
- "If there were no publicity and acting was your only job, I don't think anybody would get into very    much emotional trouble."
- "My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later."
- "Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being amovie star is a good enough    reason for existing."
- "The constant attention is what is so difficult."
- "The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby."
- "In so many ways I think it's a bore to be sorry you were a child actor – so many people feel    sorry for you automatically. At the time I wasn't aware of the things I missed so why should I    think of them in retrospect? Everybody misses something or other."


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