Quotes by Luise Rainer

About Luise Rainer:

Luise Rainer was a German and American film actress. She was the first actor to win multiple Academy Awards and the first person to win them consecutively. At the time of her death, she was the longest-lived individual ever to have received an Academy Award.
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I felt very alone in Hollywood.

Luise Rainer

I feel best in nature or near nature.

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The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

Luise Rainer

The Oscar is not a curse. The real curse is that once you have an Oscar they think you can do anything.

Luise Rainer

I always considered myself the world's worst actress.

Luise Rainer

I had immense ambition to become a really valuable actress.

Luise Rainer

For my second and third pictures, I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me.

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I should have done more. I did too little of everything.

Luise Rainer

Some very beautiful things get lost and forgotten. Just as I got lost.

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Once, I was a bigger star than Greta Garbo.

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I admire people who are creative.

Luise Rainer

Take a person like Julia Roberts: she does what she wants.

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I was very thin, like a boy, and I was very un-sexy.

Luise Rainer

One of the biggest dangers in Hollywood is becoming typed.

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I would much rather be a bad Luise Rainer than a second someone else.

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In my acting, I have tried to do this - to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise themselves or someone they know.

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I was one of the horses of the Louis B. Mayer stable, and I thought the films I was given after my Academy Awards were not worthy.

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I don't believe in anything artificial. I don't believe in makeup.

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I am an actress. I am not a movie star.

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I have never had a current state of mind. My mind changes a great deal. I am very affected by any sorrow or sad thing, and I am very affected by joy and beauty.

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Author Bio

  • NameLuise Rainer
  • DescriptionGerman-born Austrian and American film actress
  • BornJanuary 12, 1910
  • DiedDecember 30, 2014
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Germany
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actress; Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame; Academy Award For Best Actress