Quotes by Ingrid Bergman

“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.”

“Happiness is good health and a bad memory.”

“Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”

“I said, "I don't think I can give you that kind of emotion." And he [Hitchcock] sat there and said, "Ingrid, fake it!" Well, that was the best advice I've had in my whole life, because in all the y...”

“I won't do this movie because I don't believe the love story," she told Selznick. "The heroine is an intellectual woman, and an intellectual woman simply can't fall in love so deeply.”

“You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide.”

“A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness. ”

“I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.”

“I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.”

“You must train your intuition-you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say what to decide.”

“Be yourself. The world worships the original.”

“I've never sought success in order to get fame and money it's the talent and the passion that count in success.”

“I've never sought success in order to get fame and money it's the talent and the passion that count in success.”

“What is happiness? It depends on two assets, which fortunately I have. They are good health and a short memory.”

“It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.”

“I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success.”

“I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.”

“I think my life has been wonderful. I have done what I felt like. I was given courage and I was given adventure and that has carried me along. And then also a sense of humor and a little bit of com...”

“For me, Ingrid is a wonderful mother and Roberto, a wonderful father. You should see them with their children. There was nothing intellectual about it. They were like animals with their young, so t...”

“Before anything else, she is an actress. I believe that any great artist is an artist first. For example, my father was an artist before he was a husband and a father. Yes, I must say it. Ingrid is...”