Harry Cohn did not make me. But I also feel that I probably didn't make me, either. I think it was a combination. I think that's what made it work.

Kim Novak

You're nothing to me until you're everything.

I like Cinderella - she has a good work ethic and she likes shoes.

Falling in love is a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity.

If you're not excited by it, why do you do it?

I do believe that you don't have to act like a man to be strong. You can still be feminine.

We’re only here briefly. And while I’m here I want to allow myself joy.

The illusion of perfection is an illusion anyway.

Find out who you are & embrace it. It's so much easier to face criticism when you are comfortable in your own skin.

I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star.

As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.

We only did probably two, three takes on every scene we did, at the most.

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.

I always felt Jimmy was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to be able to do more of that. He somehow just got stuck here.

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.

So, Hitchcock wouldn't say anything about my work in the movie but, on the other hand, he wouldn't complain, either.

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.