Claire Bloom Quotations

My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.

You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.

I started on a very high note and I was alwasy able to choose. I want to be able to do that until my last breath. And to do that, you have to have money.

When I was in England doing Romeo and Juliet as a child star, I was interviewed by the British press, who are even more vicious and cruel than the Americans. So I have been extremely guarded ever since.

I don't think actresses' lives in general are very good

Film is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it

I am interested in the art. I'm a professional woman

I learned from watching and I learned form doing

I have no intention of discussing my private life with anyone

I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it