I ’m terribly overwhelmed with sincere gratitude, i don’t know where I would be right now if it wasn't for everyone saying, ‘ Yes, I want to help.' They’ve given me a continuation of my life to which was rapidly falling apart. My gratitude is endless.

Natalie Wood

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My friends seem much more excited about my doing Anastasia than Brainstorm... and to tell you the truth, I feel the same way.

Natalie Wood

excited friends way

I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.

Natalie Wood

swimming stars home

A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.

Natalie Wood

natasha survivor changed

I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.

Natalie Wood

magic dawn morning

I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.

Natalie Wood

cooks money ifs

From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything.

Natalie Wood

age remember

I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in.

Natalie Wood

children thinking

For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby.

Natalie Wood

emotional baby reality

The constant attention is what is so difficult.

Natalie Wood

constant difficult attention

I thought it was a wonderful line - right on the cutting room floor.

Natalie Wood

lines cutting rooms

We gave Evan the last rites and then we turned off her life support, she was declared brain dead…The hospital kept giving me a sliver of hope. I knew it was wrong, but I wanted it to be true. So I hung on for a week. It’s rough. I feel like I’ve been very, very beaten. I hurt from head to toe with the pain of losing my daughter.

Natalie Wood

entertainment

Oh goodness, if I wasn’t able to touch [that money], I wouldn’t have electricity, water, or a roof over my head, but you know, the thing a lot of us forget, myself included, is you put down first, last, and a security deposit and you’re in a place. But how about all the deposits necessary for water, gas, electricity — all of our things had to be put in storage. Even doing that we lost more than half of everything we owned… and finding a motel that would accept us with dogs was not easy. It was costly… We’re still coming to terms with everything, so we’re not pulled together by any stretch of the imagination, but we’re trying. I’m trying very hard to make it a home.

Natalie Wood

entertainment

I literally live in pain 24/7, it’s degenerative and there’s nothing that at my stage that can be done … Unfortunately, I lived with it for a very long time and I just kept my mouth shut, which is probably not the smartest thing to do. So now I ’m dealing with it on both knees. I’ve been told I have absolutely no cartiidge left on my neck. My hands are a nightmare. And I ’m just waiting to see what else starts hurting at this point … Unfortunately, there’s just nothing that can be done about that. I ’m just trying to deal with it the best I can. You take your high blood pressure medicine, a lot of vitamins, and hope for the best.

Natalie Wood

entertainment

Oh goodness, if I was n’t able to touch [ that money ], I would n’t have electricity, water, or a roof over my head, but you know, the thing a lot of us forget, Natalie Wood included, is you put down first, last, and a security deposit and you’re in a place. But how about all the deposits necessary for water, gas, electricity — all of our things had to be put in storage. Even doing that we lost more than half of everything we owned … and finding a motel that would accept us with dogs was not easy. It was costly … We’re still coming to terms with everything, so we’re not pulled together by any stretch of the imagination, but we’re trying. I ’m trying very hard to make it a home.

Natalie Wood

entertainment

We were descended from royalty.

Natalie Wood

descended were royalty

I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.

Natalie Wood

think used said people