Ingrid Bergman Quotes

A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

~ Ingrid Bergman

Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.

~ Ingrid Bergman

I said, I don't think I can give you that kind of emotion. And he [Hitchcock] sat there and said, Ingrid, fake it! Well, that was the best advice I've had in my whole life, because in all the years to come there were many directors who gave me what I thought were quite impossible instructions and many difficult things to do, and just when I was on the verge of starting to argue with them, I heard his voice coming to me through the air saying, Ingrid, fake it! It saved a lot of unpleasant situations and waste of time.

~ Ingrid Bergman

Be yourself. The world worships the original.

~ Ingrid Bergman

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.

~ Ingrid Bergman

I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.

~ Ingrid Bergman