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"As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person."
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"Not only believe in yourself but trust in yourself. Confidence will bloom."

"Be firm. Be strong."

"Sometimes things work just because you think they work. It's as good a definition of faith as any."

"True wisdom is hidden in the fear of the Lord."

"Never see yourself as a disappointment or failure just because you were fired."

"we will never be tempted to live by the standards of other people or to be guided by someone else's opinions if we know who we are."

"Only people who believe in themselves are able to do exploits."

"If I'm my biggest fan, the only person in the stadium is probably me."

"What others think of you doesn't matter as much as what you think of yourself."

"You should not doubt that you can accomplish something bigger."
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"I had a lot of resentment for a while toward Kim Novak. But I don't mind her anymore. She's okay. We've become friends. I even asked her before this trip for some beauty tips."

"I don't think you want to give all the answers, but I think every answer you do give should bring up another question, and not all questions should be answered."

"I used Jimmy to give me what I needed to keep going and to know that I was on the right path with it. I thought I saw Jimmy's soul all the time we worked. He never covered his soul and I never covered mine. We saw into each other's souls, very definitely."

"I live way out in the country, so there's not a lot of people around to remind me. And my friends don't think of me as 'Kim Novak' anymore anyway. It's like they forgot, too. And so it's nice."

"The thing I loved about Alfred Hitchcock is that he left a lot of open ends there, a lot of clues that didn't really add up the way you think they would, and sometimes, not at all."

"I tried so hard with movies like Vertigo and Middle of the Night and others. I felt those would show me that it's only a matter of time before I'd find the right one to reach out and touch people."

"My security comes from my senses, my sensing the direction I should go and suddenly I felt out of tune, out of step with what other people wanted or what other people expected of me."

"My first day at MGM they decided to bring this lion out, male, and it was not the best time for him to see me. All of a sudden he thought I was in heat and this lion went into the dressing room, which was just a trailer on the sound stage, and went crazy."

"The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere."
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