I love San Francisco. It would be a perfect place for a honeymoon. Kim Novak More Quotes by Kim Novak More Quotes From Kim Novak Just touching that old tree was truly moving to me because when you touch these trees, you have such a sense of the passage of time, of history. It's like you're touching the essence, the very substance of life. Kim Novak essence tree moving I don't think you want to give all the answers, but I think every answer you do give should bring up another question, and not all questions should be answered. Kim Novak answers giving thinking I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together. Kim Novak going-away together want If you want to live on the edge of life, you need to be flexible. Kim Novak flexible want needs I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful. Kim Novak pain acting fame I used Jimmy to give me what I needed to keep going and to know that I was on the right path with it. I thought I saw Jimmy's soul all the time we worked. He never covered his soul and I never covered mine. We saw into each other's souls, very definitely. Kim Novak soul path giving My security comes from my senses, my sensing the direction I should go and suddenly I felt out of tune, out of step with what other people wanted or what other people expected of me. Kim Novak tunes steps people 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. Kim Novak matter night people The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere. Kim Novak rotting special people If you're wanting glamorous or really beautiful or really sexy, well then, I wasn't really the one, but I could do all of that. You could just get really lost in that kind of image. Kim Novak lost-friendship sexy beautiful 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. Kim Novak nice country thinking The script was always the most important thing to me and I loved the script. For one thing, I've always admired trees. I just worship them. Think what trees have witnessed, what history, such as living through the Civil War, yet they still survive. Kim Novak tree war thinking I already hated that gray suit and then having to go through putting on that wig with a false front - again made me feel so trapped inside this person who was desperately wanting to break out of it but she was so caught up in the web of deception that she couldn't. Kim Novak deception break-out break-up The first time I was in his office was when they called me in to tell me they had changed my name. I had a feeling that if I'd gone along with the name they'd chosen, I'd never be seen again. I'd be swallowed up by that name, because it was a false name: Kit Marlowe. Kim Novak office names feelings I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that. Kim Novak sex people thinking 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. Kim Novak aviation hollywood able As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person. Kim Novak confidence tough losing I was always opinionated. Kim Novak opinionated I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star. Kim Novak hollywood stars feels Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name. Kim Novak polish matter names
