Eva Marie Quotes & Sayings

I don't know how I would have gotten through this life without someone to really love me and I love them, him, and them [family]. It's forgiving. Love is very forgiving to one another and your friends and it's a powerful, powerful emotion and it's my favorite emotion in life. Now, write that down and read it and remember it. — Eva Marie Saint

I think if you meet the right person in life and you fall in love, that is a miracle. My husband saw me on the subway. That is a miracle! — Eva Marie Saint

What is it like when you see me in all these films and then you meet me? Were you intimidated? — Eva Marie Saint

My one big regret was that there were no scenes that I could play with Eva Marie Saint. I hounded them. I said figure out some way, I just want to play a scene with this woman. But there was no way to make it work. — Jessica Lange

You know, you do it, and you get paid for it, and you have a wonderful time, then you're on to something else. — Eva Marie Saint

It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard. — Eva Marie Saint

Blonde movie stars in the 1950s seem to have been pretty much divided between breathy bombshells (Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield) and slim, elegant swans (Grace Kelly, Eva Marie Saint). Producers didn't really know what to do with Judy Holliday, a brilliant, versatile actress who simply didn't fit into any easy category. Though she left behind a handful of delightful films, one can't help feeling a sense of waste that her gifts were not better handled by Hollywood (or, for that matter, by Broadway). Perhaps, like Lucille Ball, Judy Holliday would have blossomed with a really good sitcom; but, unlike Lucy, she never got one. — Eve Golden

I can't sit around having coffee. I have all these appointments, and a lot of my friends sit around having coffee talking about the jobs they didn't get. — Eva Marie Saint

As you get older, you're doing different parts, but the young people, like yourself, they keep you excited, because they'll see Waterfront, and they'll want to talk about it. — Eva Marie Saint

Sometimes life makes you older than your age. — Eva Marie Everson

Painters can study the masters can't they? Musicians can hear Beethoven. What will filmmakers do? — Eva Marie Saint