Natalie Wood's Quotes

There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.

Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.

Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult.

We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.

We were descended from royalty.

When I get married it will be for keeps.

Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.

Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up.

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.

I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.

I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.

I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.

A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.

For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby.

From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything.

I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me.

I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be.

I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in.

I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt.

I thought it was a wonderful line - right on the cutting room floor.

I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.

I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.