The 100 best phrases (and reflections) of Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor, also known as Liz Taylor, was an acclaimed actress of Anglo-American origin.. Among her most recognized works are: 'Cleopatra', 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' Or 'Butterfield 8'. She was awarded 3 Oscars, several Golden Globes and a BAFTA. She was also a woman who generated a lot of controversy because of her love scandals with other Hollywood actors and because of her 8 marriages.

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Best Elizabeth Taylor Quotes and Reflections

Being an icon of fashion and professionalism on the big screen, we remember her career and personal life with the greatest phrases of Elizabeth Taylor.

1. When people say, "She has everything," I have an answer: I haven't had tomorrow.

Nobody has everything.

2. I love wearing jewelry, but not because it's mine. You cannot own the radiance of it, you can only admire it.

Talking about her taste for jewelry.

3. Ideas move the world only if they have first been transformed into feelings.

Ideas are always accompanied by the emotion of making them come true.

4. Success is a great deodorant.

She scares away those who claim to be 'true friends'.

5. People who know me well call me Elizabeth. I don't like Liz.

Differentiating those who really know her and those who only pretend.

6. I guess when they reach a certain age, some men are afraid of growing up.

There are people who are afraid of getting old.

7. I have always admitted that my greatest guide is passion.

A woman who was literally carried away by passion in everything she did.

8. If someone is dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a movie, I'm not dumb enough to throw it away.

Take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself.

9. I believe that Michael (Jackson) is absolutely innocent and will be vindicated.

One of his best friends and great idols.

10. Follow your passion, follow your heart, and the things you need will come.

Advising us on how we can achieve success, according to his formula.

11. A fragrance is an incredibly intimate thing. It can evoke very specific thoughts or memories and is a little different for each person who uses it. I also think it is the most accessible luxury.

One of the greatest wishes of him.

12. I don't think President Bush is doing anything about AIDS. In fact, I'm not sure he knows how to spell AIDS.

A harsh criticism of the actions of the former US president.

13. You will find out who your real friends are, when you get into a scandal.

Friends who are only looking for you out of interest will leave at the first problem you have.

14. I have the body of a woman and the emotions of a child.

With emotions always on the surface.

15. I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to open, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.

A woman who tried to live her life to the fullest.

16. I have been supremely lucky in my life, as I have known great love, and of course I am the temporary custodian of some amazing and beautiful things.

Grateful for all the things he accomplished in his life.

17. I fell from my pink cloud with a thud.

Sometimes we live in a pink world invented by ourselves to escape from harsh reality.

18. He has made the horrendous, offensive and insulting mistake of loving me. And for that he deserves to be punished.

An act that was seen as a crime for his time.

19. To lose weight there is nothing like eating caviar without bread and drinking champagne without bubbles.

An interesting diet to have an 'ideal body'.

20. I have never had such a strong desire to hit someone with all my might.

Apparently, Liz was not a vindictive person.

21. I want us to always be 'lovers'... even if we have been married for 75 years and have about 12 great-grandchildren.

Love was the most important thing for Elizabeth in a relationship. May that flame never go out.

22. Why shouldn't gay people be able to live as openly and freely as everyone else? What it comes down to, ultimately, is love.

Even now there is prejudice against homosexual people.

23. I am 45 years old. I don't look bad for someone my age, with my history of illnesses and operations and all those anesthetics.

Talking about how she looked like at 45 years old.

24. My mother says that I didn't open my eyes for eight days after my birth, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I got hooked.

The jewels called her from the first moment.

25. I left home as soon as I could, when I was 18 years old. I thought I was in love and got married, the press called it Prince Charming and Cinderella.

Talking about her worst illusion about love when she was quite young.

26. I never planned to acquire many jewels or many husbands.

Apparently it was something that happened over the years.

27. I don't like my voice. I don't like the way I look. I don't like the way I move. I don't like the way I act. I mean, period. So, you know, I don't like it.

One of the biggest beauties and talents in Hollywood, showing insecurity in herself.

28. Just in case you get pneumonia or die. The dangerous parts are always the last days of shooting.

On the challenges that must be faced on film shoots.

29. I have always preferred animals to girls or boys.

Something that many people can identify with.

30. The things that are important to me: being a mother, a businesswoman and an activist, are things that come from a huge passion.

Passion is everything you enjoy doing and do it very well.

31. In the movie where I didn't get along with the director, I decided not to talk to him.

A firm stance against mistreatment on set.

32. Acting is fun. It's not my whole life. It is not my whole being. It is secondary to my life. My life is primary, I'm running in primary, as you know.

Although it was her livelihood, it was not everything to Elizabeth.

33. I have never wanted to be a queen! Cleopatra was a role, and I'm an actress, so it was fun to play one, but it's not real.

The film that gave him the most success and controversy in his career.

34. You can't cry on the shoulder of a diamond, and diamonds won't keep you warm at night, but they are fun when the sun is shining.

He always knew that it is only a material good, but that there is nothing wrong in enjoying it.

35. Fight. cry. Curses. Then dedicate yourself to living. This is how I've done it. There is no other way.

The fact of suffering our sorrows does not prevent us from drying our tears to move on.

36. There is no one who can get close to him, no one can dance like him, write the lyrics, provoke the emotion that he provokes.

Showing his admiration for the King of Pop.

37. I have never felt more alive than when I have seen my children delight in something; never more alive than when I have seen a great artist make his art; and never richer than when I've gotten a big check to fight AIDS.

The things we do for others fill us with indescribable satisfaction.

38. I love the idea of ​​feedback and a two-way street, which is very, very modern.

Never believing that criticism is a negative point, but a way to improve.

39. Michael is magical and all magical people are eccentric in some way.

Justifying the way of being of Michael Jackson.

40. For me, acting is a matter of absolute concentration.

A world apart that requires all possible attention.

41. You can laugh and laugh with your friends until the moment the director says, "Action!"

When they give the order to act, you just have to focus on it.

42. I hate the idea of ​​always having to interpret other people's ideas, thoughts and words, because I am very independent and, I believe, a free thinker.

Giving his personal touch to each character he played.

43. A name no longer bears a film.

Achievements are earned for your effort.

44. Then he gets his mind into shape and into the character he's playing and relates to the people he's acting with and forgets everyone else he's been joking around with.

About the process of concentration that she took to act.

45. I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all he did was exaggerate all the negative qualities.

Alcohol never benefits us. He always ends up billing us.

46. People used to go to the movies to see a John Wayne movie. And you don't have to go through that now, except in the rock world, which has removed the event from the movies.

About the way he changed cinema over the years.

47. Michael is one of the most loving, sweet and natural people I know. I keep it deep in my heart. He would do everything for him and he would do everything for me.

A beautiful friendship relationship that lasted until the end.

48. Although I think sometimes we know too much about our idols and it ruins the dream. So, like everything else, it has to be used with care.

The actors become a kind of mystical idol for people, which leads to over-idealizing them.

49. You do not recover from men as if they were the flu. Every divorce is like a little death.

Every breakup of a couple is equal to the mourning of losing someone to a death.

50. It's amazing how much gymnastics you can do when you don't want to do something. How you can force yourself against all the forces of nature. I pulled back.

We can both give strength to ourselves, as well as boycott.

51. I hate myself on screen. I want to die... My voice is too high or too deep. I want to dive under the rug... I would love to be tall and healthy... I am short.

Being insecure about how she thinks she looks on screen.

52. I like the connection with the fans and the people who have supported me.

Trying to stay close to his fans.

53. Put on some lipstick and regain your composure.

It is important that after each fall, you do everything possible to recover.

54. You can be fat and still be sexy. It all depends on how you feel about yourself.

Sensuality has nothing to do with sizes.

55. I have always sung in the shower. Now I make the stage a mental shower so I don't get too nervous and enjoy it.

A very interesting technique. Find a happy place and project it in our minds to avoid nervousness.

56. After Richard, all the men in my life were just there to open the door for me and hold my coat.

Talking about who was his great love in life.

57. I had my first horse, actually a Newfoundland pony, when I was three years old, and I loved riding, unchained, riding bareback as fast as I could.

About the feeling of freedom when riding a horse.

58. Being able to go anywhere and see the world was the biggest benefit of all.

To be free and to be able to fly.

59. He was a Hilton, so I was poor Cinderella. And when I got divorced nine months later, I never told the court why, but he was cruel.

Not all fairy tales end in a happy ending.

60. I think I'm finally growing up, and it's about time.

When we mature, we realize it and it feels good.

61. I haven't read any of the autobiographies about myself.

Something he didn't enjoy doing at all.

62. When you are knocked unconscious, it gives you time to catch up on your restful sleep.

On the effect of narcotics.

63. How can something bad come out of love? The bad comes from mistrust, misunderstanding and, God knows, hatred and ignorance.

Waiting for love is never a bad thing.

64. The old hope is the hardest to lose,

When you want something, you work for it until it comes true, no matter how long it takes.

65. Madness is the refuge we invent when the unreality of the world weighs heavily on our heads.

Madness is an escape route and a shield for many people.

66. Someone who can make him happy when I don't want to be.

It is better to let someone go than to tie them to us out of selfishness, no matter how much they are suffering.

67. I do not pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

If there is something that Elizabeth was very clear about, it was that she did not want to be a conventional woman.

68. So much to do, very little has been done, such things are.

We want to do much more, but we end up doing very little.

69. I sweat real sweat and shake real jerks.

Explaining to the world that he is a flesh and blood person like everyone else.

70. It's not what you have, but what you get.

Do not shy away from having material things, because it is the result of your effort.

71. The shorter our time, the greater our waiting capacity.

Patience is something that seems to develop with age.

72. Like everyone else, I didn't plan my life, it just happened.

We may have a goal, but what happens along the way is quite a surprise.

73. Everything makes me nervous except making movies.

You can be a shy person, until you do something you really love.

74. While I'm sitting here writing to you I'm eating a box of candy, but honestly I need to stop eating so much.

Heartbreak leads us to compulsively eat to try to fill that emptiness we feel.

75. I am a very committed wife. And I should be engaged, for getting married so many times.

Speaking ironically about her many marriages.

76. Sometimes I think we know too much about our idols and it ruins the dream.

Every idol needs to maintain that touch of mystery that makes them irresistible.

77. The beauty of a fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully the other person's.

Showing her passion for fragrances.

78. I've been through it all, baby, I'm a mother of courage.

The saying goes well: 'what doesn't kill you, makes you strong'.

79. Marriage is a great institution.

And she knew a lot about it.

80. The ups and downs, the problems and the stress, along with all the happiness, have given me optimism and hope because I am living the test of survival.

Finding motivation in both the good and the bad.

81. Some of my best co-stars have been dogs and horses.

Showing again her preference for animals over people.

82. I have had three great loves in life: Mike Todd, Richard Burton and jewelry.

The greatest loves of hers.

83. Marilyn Monroe seemed to have a kind of unconscious glow about her physical being that she was innocent, like a child.

Talking about Marilyn Monroe, one of her great inspirations.

84. It seems that the older men get, the younger their new wives become.

About the midlife crisis, which many men go through.

85. I am a survivor, a living example of what people can go through and survive.

Never putting himself in the role of victim, but trying to move on.

86. I don't really remember much about “Cleopatra”. There were many other things going on.

A time that was full of scandals and a lot of unbridled passion with his co-star.

87. I've only slept with men I've married. How many women can say that?

Turning around their love scandals.

88. Big girls need big diamonds.

Insisting on his love for diamonds.

89. It is strange that the years teach us patience.

Time is the best teacher of all.

90. The problem with people who don't have vices is that you can generally be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

People who seem perfect can have terrible flaws.

91. I love going to rock concerts, I love getting lost in that big wave of rhythm and body heat and having the same vibe.

Enjoying rock concerts to the fullest.

92. I don't have a bad temper, I just have a quick reaction to nonsense.

A woman who was not afraid to express her opinion.

93. You can always avoid throwing yourself in front of an oncoming train.

Talking about choosing between staying miserable or fighting to get out of there.

94. When the woman stops blushing, she has lost the most powerful spell weapon.

An interesting reflection, do you agree with it?

95. There's something that just pushes you away, and it has pushed me away, because I'm not dead yet, on the verge of impact. Sometimes that train has rubbed me a lot.

Although it is very tempting to give up, sometimes there is something worthwhile and it keeps pushing you to improve.

96. Just do it. Force yourself to get up.

You must be your greatest inspiration.

97. I find it quite tedious to work with some actors who have to get into a corner and jump from side to side. another, shake hands and arms and say to the director, "Just a second, I'll be ready in a few minutes." minutes". all the other actors are waiting to enter. Then they say, “Okay! I'm ready now". And then they come in and do it exactly the same way they did in rehearsal.

Talking about the kind of actors he dislikes.

98. Force yourself to put one foot before the other, and damn it, refuse to let it all get to you.

It can be difficult, but it is better to get ahead than to bury yourself in misery.

99. When I'm not with the person I love, I love the person I'm with.

But never despise someone who wants to be by your side and give you their support.

100. I don't have a set pattern. I take things as they come. Usually with a lot of taste. I just lay back and wait for it to happen. And usually it does.

Forcing yourself to improve, but taking things spontaneously.