Julie Harris Quotes

A lot of it, as it is in any job in life, is being in the right place at the right time.

But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them.

God comes to us in theater in the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or a beautiful painting, or a play. It’s a way of expressing our humanity.

I don’t understand what modern clothes are about at all.

I really have a generation gap about modern clothes.

I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde.

I didn’t know whether I wanted to be an actress or a singer then.

I don’t know much about football but everyone seems to say that it is all about possession.

I fell in love with Dorset and ended up living there for a while.

I find shoestrings very hard work. I like big budgets.

I got the boot once from Stanley Donen. The film was called The Little Prince.

I have to go back to my younger days, when I just adored Hollywood musicals.

I liked Live and Let Die, where money was no object.

I liked The Slipper and the Rose, as I have already mentioned, because it was such a lovely film to do.

I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter.

I wish we did have responsibility for the hair. I have been screwed up by the hair on many occasions.

I would loathe to work on modern films.

It’s nice when you work with someone who has an eye for clothes and will show what you’ve given them.

John Schlesinger had one of his friends designing it and he had never done a film before. Ten days before it started, they didn’t have any costumes. I was rung up and joined up.

On the speech day, the production designer, who has a lot of say in things, and sometimes I didn’t agree with him but I had to do what I was told, wanted the speech day to be all in neutral colours for the women, which was a good thing.