Marni Nixon

Quotes

• “"You always had to sign a contract that nothing would be revealed,””
• “Twentieth Century Fox, when I did The King and I, threatened me. They said, if anybody ever knows that you did any part of the dubbing for Deborah Kerr, we’ll see to it that you don’t work in town again.””
• ““Hepburn grudgingly agreed that she could see she was not quite doing it the way they wanted her to sing it,” says Nixon. “She was very helpful.””
• “"I just knew it was all sort of silly,” says Nixon. “It was just a part of the process of making a movie … As Shakespeare says, ‘the play’s the thing.’”
• “"Life is just one big improv.””
• “"Most people still know me from the dubbing,” “But I have been working hard to revitalize the recital, to do classical things, especially the American art song.””

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