Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (1932–2011) was a British-American actress, businesswoman and humanitarian. She began as a child actress in the early 1940s, and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She continued her career successfully into the 1960s, and remained a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. The American Film Institute named her the seventh greatest female screen legend in 1999.
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I’ve been through it all, baby. I’m Mother Courage.
—Elizabeth Taylor
Topics: Bravery, Courage
Don’t abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
—Elizabeth Taylor
Topics: Fame, Mistakes, Service
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
—Elizabeth Taylor
I hate myself on the screen. I want to die… my voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet… I’ll love to be tall and willowy… I’m short.
—Elizabeth Taylor
Topics: Reality, Opportunities
It’s not the having, it’s the getting.
—Elizabeth Taylor
Topics: Achievement
I don’t like my voice. I don’t like the way I look. I don’t like the way I move. I don’t like the way I act. I mean, period. So you know, I don’t like myself.
—Elizabeth Taylor
Topics: Opportunities, Reality
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