Eva Gabor - biography

“After all the work I’ve done, why should I suddenly be treated as a bona fide actress?”

“I made up my mind to be an actress when I was 4 years old.”

“I was the first actress in the family, and I am still the only actress in the family.  I shouldn’t be saying it, but it slipped out!”

“I’m acting when I serve as a hostess, when I run my wig business.  I was born to act, and life itself is the greatest part.”

“There was no way I could live in Hollywood and not become an actress.”

“The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food.  But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention.”

“It’s sheer torture.  I have to be up with the chickens every day and go to work on my body.  I hate it, but I do it.”

“I should have been smart enough to stay happy.  But my ambition ruled my life.”

“I love the fast lane.”

“If a man is truly in love, the most beautiful woman in the world couldn’t take him away.  Maybe for a few days, but not forever.”

“Love is a game that two can play and both win.”

“Marriage is too interesting an experiment to be tried only once.”

“My first husband, yes, I eloped with him from Hungary against my mother’s wishes.”

“I’ve always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came.”

“Most people don’t need to work as hard as I do.”

“East Hampton happens to have been the first place in the world where I was a star, a real star with a star pasted above my name on the dressing-room door.”

“I learned early that you only have so much energy to give.  You have to spend it correctly.”

“I’m a workaholic.  Before long I’m traveling on my nervous energy alone.  This is incredibly exhausting.”

“My co-workers expect me to be late and temperamental.”

“The only thing you have to know are your words.”

Eva Gabor has appeared in the following films:
New York Town (1941)
A Royal Scandal (1945)
Song of Surrender (1949)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
The Mad Magician (1954)
Artists and Models (1955)
Don’t Go Near the Water (1957)
My Man Godfrey (1957)
The Truth About Women (1957)
Gigi (1958)
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
A New Kind of Love (1963)
Youngblood Hawke (1964)
Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)