But I was very, very unhappy ...

But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
 Beatrice Wood

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Hardships and handicaps can...stimulate our energy to survive them. You'll find if you study the lives of people who've accomplished things, it's often been done with the help of great willpower in overcoming this and that.
 Beatrice Wood
There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else.
 Beatrice Wood
You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
 Beatrice Wood