Quotes by Tippi Hedren

About Tippi Hedren:

Tippi Hedren is an American actress, former fashion model and an animal rights activist. She made her film debut in The Birds, followed by the title role Marnie. She has been involved with animal rescue at Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre (32 ha) wildlife habitat which she founded in 1983. Hedren was also instrumental in the development of Vietnamese-American nail salons in the United States.
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To be the object of someone's obsession is horrible.

Tippi Hedren

I was under contract with Hitchcock before I even met him. They wouldn't tell me anything about the film, or who was working on it. They had all sorts of excuses as to why they couldn't tell me anything.

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You don't know what mental telepathy exists from the human to the animal.

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If people could be as honest as animals, what a different world it would be.

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I was studying my 'Bold and Beautiful' script the other day, lying in a hammock, when one of my Siberian tigers walked up and grabbed it out of my hand - she wanted to play. See - teeth marks!

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We have a lion, tiger, liger, which is the father is a lion and the mother is a tiger, black and spotted leopard, mountain lion, Asian leopard cats. Weve got a tremendous number of the exotic feline.

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These are the animals that are the reason why you don't see old animals in the wild. You don't see sick animals in the wild. You don't see lame animals in the wild, and its all because of the predator: the lion, the tiger, the leopard, all the cats.

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Right now I'm looking at a liger out my bedroom window. He's half lion and half tiger. And he's absolutely beautiful. His name is Patrick.

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I had to have help getting up these stairs because I've been tackled by so many lions and tigers. Really. I'm like an old football player.

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Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity.

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In fact, I think I have had a ghost in my house. Although not active lately, unexplainable things would happen and the kitties were particularly sensitive - especially, Marlon Brando... the cat not the man.

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We had a lion that was living in somebody's basement outside of Branson, Missouri.

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I really like birds. Everyone always wants me to say that I can't stand to go near them, just like they want Janet Leigh to confess that she can't bear to take a shower. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you.

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I kinda go for the Jane Eyre type of film. I am fascinated by classics.

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My light shines when things get really tough.

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In most states, it's more difficult to get a license for your dog than it is to buy a big cat. Right now, there are more tigers in the state of Texas than in all of India.

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It's going to be very interesting to see somebody playing me.

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I kind of look at my modeling career and the Hitchcock years as stepping stones to what I'm doing now.

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I'm regarded as the patron saint of manicurists.

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I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

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Author Bio

  • NameTippi Hedren
  • Descriptionactress and animal welfare activist
  • BornJanuary 19, 1930
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Model; Artist