For my second and third pictures, I won Academy Awards. Nothing worse could have happened to me. – Luise Rainer
Happiness lies in moments, and while you have it, you’re not even aware; only afterwards do you know you were happy. – Luise Rainer
The Oscar is not a curse. The real curse is that once you have an Oscar they think you can do anything. – Luise Rainer
I don’t believe in acting. I think that people in life act, but when you are on the stage or, in my case, also on screen, you have to be true. – Luise Rainer
I remember once Robert Taylor invited me to lunch. I asked him, ‘What is your ambition?’ He said, ‘I want to have 10 very good suits.’ – Luise Rainer
I was one of the horses of the Louis B. Mayer stable, and I thought the films I was given after my Academy Awards were not worthy. – Luise Rainer
In my acting, I have tried to do this – to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise themselves or someone they know. – Luise Rainer
I have never had a current state of mind. My mind changes a great deal. I am very affected by any sorrow or sad thing, and I am very affected by joy and beauty. – Luise Rainer
