Mr. Hitchcock taught me everything about cinema. It was thanks to him that I understood that murder scenes should be shot like love scenes and love scenes like murder scenes. Grace Kelly More Quotes by Grace Kelly More Quotes From Grace Kelly I would like to be remembered as someone who accomplished useful deeds, and who was a kind and loving person. I would like to leave the memory of a human being with a correct attitude and who did her best to help others. Grace Kelly helping-others attitude memories The idea of my life as a fairy tale is itself a fairy tale. Grace Kelly fairy-tale fairy ideas I avoid looking back. I prefer good memories to regrets. Grace Kelly good-memories regret memories When at last I took the time to look into the heart of a flower, it opened up a whole new world; a world where every country walk would be an adventure, where every garden would become an enchanted one. Grace Kelly flower heart country I am basically a feminist. I think that women can do anything they decide to do. Grace Kelly feminist can-do thinking I've been accused of being cold, snobbish, distant. Those who know me well know that I’m nothing of the sort. If anything, the opposite is true. But is it too much to ask to want to protect your private life, your inner feelings? Lots of things touch me and I don’t want to be indiscreet. Grace Kelly opposites want feelings My father had a very simple view of life: you don’t get anything for nothing. Everything has to be earned, through work, persistence and honesty. My father also had a deep charm, the gift of winning our trust. He was the kind of man with whom many people dream of spending an evening. Grace Kelly honesty dream father I love walking in the woods, on the trails, along the beaches. I love being part of nature. I love walking alone. It is therapy. One needs to be alone, to recharge one's batteries. Grace Kelly batteries love-is beach A person has to keep something to herself or you're life is just a layout in a magazine. Grace Kelly magazines persons life-is I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.' Grace Kelly never-say-never life-changing I've had happy moments in my life, but I don't think that happiness-- being happy-- is a perpetual state that anyone can be in. Life isn't that way. Grace Kelly moments way thinking The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens. Grace Kelly pearls queens jewels When I married Prince Rainier, I married the man and not what he represented or what he was. I fell in love with him without giving a thought to anything else. Grace Kelly married giving men Hollywood amuses me. Holier-than-thou for the public and unholier-than-the-devil in reality Grace Kelly devil hollywood reality Why getting angry? Getting angry doesn’t solve anything… I don’t like yelling and fighting and I can’t quarrel, I prefer to let it drop… When people use disagreeable words, I feel crushed and remember them for a long time. Grace Kelly yelling fighting long Our life dictates a certain kind of wardrobe. Grace Kelly wardrobe certain kind Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery. Grace Kelly emancipation mystery made I hated Hollywood. It’s a town without pity. Only success counts. I know of no other place in the world where so many people suffer from nervous breakdowns, where there are so many alcoholics, neurotics and so much unhappiness. Grace Kelly towns suffering people Women's natural role is to be a pillar of the family. Grace Kelly sisterhood family mom When Ava Gardner get in a taxi, the driver knows at once she’s Ava Gardner. It’s the same for Lana Turner or Elizabeth Taylor, but not for me. I’m never Grace Kelly, I’m always someone who looks like Grace Kelly. Grace Kelly taxi grace looks
