Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBEwas an English-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...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth27 February 1932
character laughing people
To me, acting is a matter of absolute concentration. You can laugh and giggle with your friends up to the minute the director says, "Action!" Then you snap your mind into shape and into the character that you're playing and relate to the people that you're acting with and forget everybody else that you've been joking with.
people able way
I always wanted to have a fragrance, and I always wanted to be able to connect with people in ways other than through film.
thinking people theater
Something always made me save myself. Either the Betty Ford Center or going onstage to perform in the theater when many people didn't think I could do it.
real people suffering
Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn't be more real. Some people don't like to look at it in the face because it's painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.
funny-things two people
When you're fat, the world is divided into two groups - people who bug you and people who leave you alone. The funny thing is, supporters and saboteurs exist in either camp.
gay men people
Why shouldn't gay people be allowed to be able to marry? Those against gay marriages say marriage should only be between a man and a woman. God, I of all people know that doesn't always work!
people liz call-me
People who know me well, call me Elizabeth. I dislike Liz.
humility vanity people
Humility, never me; it is a characteristic I expect to find in other people.
hate people drink
The most sensible thing to do to people you hate is to drink their brandy.
inspirational people survival
I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.
fake-people ordinary housewife
I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.
people answers tomorrow
When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow.
people use want
I use my fame now when I want to help a cause or other people.
ignorance people dying
It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance.