Be yourself. The world worships the original.

- Ingrid Bergman

I won't do this movie because I don't believe the love story," she told Selznick. "The heroine is an intellectual woman, and an intellectual woman si…

- Ingrid Bergman

I thank God who slowly dressed me in a heavy skin, otherwise I would now be dead.

- Ingrid Bergman

Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!

- Ingrid Bergman

Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.

- Ingrid Bergman

A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness.

- Ingrid Bergman

The first time an autograph hunter told me, 'You are my mother's favorite actress,' I aged twenty years.

- Ingrid Bergman

I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up.

- Ingrid Bergman

On acting to daughter Isabella Rossellini: Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in.

- Ingrid Bergman