Zitat des Tages von Tippi Hedren:
I was under contract with Hitchcock before I even met him. They wouldn't tell me anything about the film, or who was working on it. They had all sorts of excuses as to why they couldn't tell me anything.
Right now I'm looking at a liger out my bedroom window. He's half lion and half tiger. And he's absolutely beautiful. His name is Patrick.
I didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood for. I didn't want to do something my parents and daughter couldn't be proud of.
I kind of look at my modeling career and the Hitchcock years as stepping stones to what I'm doing now.
We have a lion, tiger, liger, which is the father is a lion and the mother is a tiger, black and spotted leopard, mountain lion, Asian leopard cats. Weve got a tremendous number of the exotic feline.
Because of 'The Birds' and 'Marnie' I was, as the expression goes, hot in Hollywood and producers and directors wanted to hire me.
I've always had a fascination for animals. I loved watching them, and even then I thought of them as beings rather than pets. I call it a birth affect!
I was studying my 'Bold and Beautiful' script the other day, lying in a hammock, when one of my Siberian tigers walked up and grabbed it out of my hand - she wanted to play. See - teeth marks!
I kinda go for the Jane Eyre type of film. I am fascinated by classics.
Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity.
As far as I know, Vera Miles had a terrible time with Hitchcock, and she wanted to get out of the contract. He didn't let her. She did 'Psycho,' and I believe, if you look at 'Psycho,' there isn't one close up of Vera, not one. After that, she would never even speak about him to anyone.
We had a lion that was living in somebody's basement outside of Branson, Missouri.
One lion thinks it's just hilarious to tackle us. He's very funny about it... and we always know when it will happen.
Honest to God, all my life I have had such a fear of spiders. In fact, I use to have a reoccurring dream about one. Very clearly, it was black with a red head. It would sit up in the corner of the bedroom and when it started getting closer, I would wake up in a panic.
Self-belief? My parents gave it to me.
I'm a loner.
Everything that I've done in my life was to lead me to my work with the animals.
I shouldn't be married.
Being the object of Alfred Hitchcock's obsession was horrific, but while he ruined my career, he could never ruin my life.
I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.
I use every single thing that Alfred Hitchcock taught me in my acting career... I am very grateful for the education he gave me in making motion pictures.
My light shines when things get really tough.
It's going to be very interesting to see somebody playing me.
It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don't be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them.
I could really use a corporate sponsor. People think that because you're in the movies, you're rich. I have allocated all my resources to Shambala so the animals will always be safe.
If people could be as honest as animals, what a different world it would be.
To be the object of someone's obsession is horrible.
There were so many people who wanted me for their films.
Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense.
I was at the end of the studio system so when I walked into movies, I had a magnificent suite in which I had a living room and a kitchen and a complete makeup room. I had everything just for me. With the independents, you're kind of roughing it, literally.
So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn't have an income.