Tippi Hedren Quotes

“In fact, I think I have had a ghost in my house. Although not active lately, unexplainable things would happen and the kitties were particularly sensitive - especially, Marlon Brando ... the cat not the man.”

— Tippi Hedren

“It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don't be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them.”

— Tippi Hedren

“These are the animals that are the reason why you don't see old animals in the wild. You don't see sick animals in the wild. You don't see lame animals in the wild, and its all because of the predator: the lion, the tiger, the leopard, all the cats.”

— Tippi Hedren

“I really like birds. Everyone always wants me to say that I can't stand to go near them, just like they want Janet Leigh to confess that she can't bear to take a shower. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you.”

— Tippi Hedren

“Animal abuse is rampant in the U.S., right under everyone's eyes, for the entertainment of the public. The brutal confinement and pain of training methods of wild animals in the circus, the aquatic and theatrical shows, leads to retaliation by the animals. Eventually they find the right time to strike out, and they will.”

— Tippi Hedren

We have a lion, tiger, liger, which is the father is a lion and the mother is a tiger, black and spotted leopard, mountain lion, Asian leopard cats. Weve got a tremendous number of the exotic feline.

— Tippi Hedren

“I was studying my 'Bold and Beautiful' script the other day, lying in a hammock, when one of my Siberian tigers walked up and grabbed it out of my hand - she wanted to play. See - teeth marks!”

— Tippi Hedren

“Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity.”

— Tippi Hedren

“If people could be as honest as animals, what a different world it would be.”

— Tippi Hedren

“I didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood for. I didn't want to do something my parents and daughter couldn't be proud of.”

— Tippi Hedren

I could really use a corporate sponsor. People think that because you're in the movies, you're rich. I have allocated all my resources to Shambala so the animals will always be safe.

— Tippi Hedren

“It's going to be very interesting to see somebody playing me.”

— Tippi Hedren

“I can look at myself in the mirror, and I can be proud.”

— Tippi Hedren

“He was such a fabulous drama coach. What better person to have than Alfred Hitchcock? His work as a director was impeccable. I learned so much.”

— Tippi Hedren

“I was under contract with Hitchcock before I even met him. They wouldn't tell me anything about the film, or who was working on it. They had all sorts of excuses as to why they couldn't tell me anything.”

— Tippi Hedren

I've had a love of animals from birth. I love getting to know other species. We should all be aware that there is not one thing we can give a wild animal in captivity that they need.

— Tippi Hedren

We had a lion that was living in somebody's basement outside of Branson, Missouri.

— Tippi Hedren

“I know so many people who are eaten up by regret. It manifests itself in so many ways. They either become mentally a bit off, or they get very fat, or they are just horribly depressed.”

— Tippi Hedren

“Birds I am fine with - spiders are an entirely different matter.”

— Tippi Hedren

“I had to have help getting up these stairs because I've been tackled by so many lions and tigers. Really. I'm like an old football player.”

— Tippi Hedren

“I kind of look at my modeling career and the Hitchcock years as stepping stones to what I'm doing now.”

— Tippi Hedren

“One lion thinks it's just hilarious to tackle us. He's very funny about it ... and we always know when it will happen.”

— Tippi Hedren

“Working with Chaplin was very amusing and strange. His films are so funny, but working with him, I found him to be a very serious man. Whereas the films of Hitchcock are macabre, he could be a very funny man to work with, always telling jokes and holding court. Of course, when I worked with Charlie he was getting older.”

— Tippi Hedren

“To be the object of someone's obsession is horrible.”

— Tippi Hedren

Everything that I've done in my life was to lead me to my work with the animals.

— Tippi Hedren

Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense.

— Tippi Hedren

I'm regarded as the patron saint of manicurists.

— Tippi Hedren

My light shines when things get really tough.

— Tippi Hedren

“So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn't have an income.”

— Tippi Hedren

“So I think it is common knowledge that Hitchcock had fantasies or whatever you want to call them about his leading ladies.”

— Tippi Hedren

“You don't know what mental telepathy exists from the human to the animal.”

— Tippi Hedren

“I use every single thing that Alfred Hitchcock taught me in my acting career ... I am very grateful for the education he gave me in making motion pictures.”

— Tippi Hedren

In most states, it's more difficult to get a license for your dog than it is to buy a big cat. Right now, there are more tigers in the state of Texas than in all of India.

— Tippi Hedren

“Honest to God, all my life I have had such a fear of spiders. In fact, I use to have a reoccurring dream about one. Very clearly, it was black with a red head. It would sit up in the corner of the bedroom and when it started getting closer, I would wake up in a panic.”

— Tippi Hedren

“I was at the end of the studio system so when I walked into movies, I had a magnificent suite in which I had a living room and a kitchen and a complete makeup room. I had everything just for me. With the independents, you're kind of roughing it, literally.”

— Tippi Hedren

“When you love someone, you treat them well.”

— Tippi Hedren

I don't know if you have ever been the object of someone's obsession - but if it's not of your desire, it is horrible. It is really awful.

— Tippi Hedren

“Because of 'The Birds' and 'Marnie' I was, as the expression goes, hot in Hollywood and producers and directors wanted to hire me.”

— Tippi Hedren

“Hitchcock had a very strange mind.”

— Tippi Hedren

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

— Tippi Hedren

“I shouldn't be married.”

— Tippi Hedren

“It has become my mission to stop the insanity of wild cats as pets.”

— Tippi Hedren

“Self-belief? My parents gave it to me.”

— Tippi Hedren

There were so many people who wanted me for their films.

— Tippi Hedren

“I had to be extremely strong to fight off Mr Hitchcock. He was so insistent and obsessive, but I was an extremely strong young woman, and there was no way he was going to get the better of me.”

— Tippi Hedren

“I really need to work. People think that I'm no longer interested in acting and only interested in working with the animals. Obviously I have given that impression, but it is not how I feel. I think I'm a good actor. I think I look OK. I don't understand why I'm not working all the time.”

— Tippi Hedren

I've always had a fascination for animals. I loved watching them, and even then I thought of them as beings rather than pets. I call it a birth affect!

— Tippi Hedren

“'Marnie' was ahead of its time. People didn't talk about childhood and its effects on adult life. It was taboo to discuss sexuality and psychology and to put all that into a film was shocking.”

— Tippi Hedren

“To be the object of somebody's obsession is a really awful feeling when you can't return it.”

— Tippi Hedren

“I would love to work with Ron Howard. I think he is brilliant. I love the stories that he chooses. Theyre always very personal and intense. He loves a lot of emotion, and hes so well equipped to pull all of that out of the actors. I really love that kind of thing and I think thats what movies should be about.”

— Tippi Hedren