Quotes by Claire Bloom

About Claire Bloom:

Patricia Claire Blume is an English film and stage actress whose career has spanned over six decades. She is famous 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.
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I am interested in the art. I'm a professional woman.

Claire Bloom

Film is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it.

Claire Bloom

I don't think actresses' lives in general are very good.

Claire Bloom

I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.

Claire Bloom

I don't enjoy the life of an actress, but I don't want to go into that.

Claire Bloom

Security has no place in the life of an actress.

Claire Bloom

I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone.

Claire Bloom

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

Claire Bloom

I learned from watching and I learned form doing.

Claire Bloom

I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it.

Claire Bloom

In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.

Claire Bloom

There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you.

Claire Bloom

You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.

Claire Bloom

In my day, people didn't do nude scenes. I mean they didn't exist.

Claire Bloom

My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.

Claire Bloom

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.

Claire Bloom

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.

Claire Bloom

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.

Claire Bloom

Author Bio

  • NameClaire Bloom
  • DescriptionActress
  • BornFebruary 15, 1931
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Autobiographer
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire