16 Quotes By Sharon Tate You Should Know

Famous As: Actress - Murdered by Members of the 'Manson Family'

Born On: 1943

Died On: 1969

Born In: Dallas

Died At Age: 26

Sharon Tate was a prominent American model and actress. Prior to appearing in films, she played small roles on television during the 1960s. She also featured frequently as cover girl and model in fashion magazines. She was hailed as Hollywood’s one of the most promising newcomers after receiving praise for her dramatic and comedic performances. Some of her notable works include ‘Valley of the Dolls,’ ‘Eye of the Devil,’ ‘The Fearless Vampire Killers,’ and ‘Barabbas,’ amongst various others. Following is a collection of quotes by Sharon Tate which have been excerpted from her movies, dialogues, and interviews.

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On TV, the children can watch people murdering each other, which is a very unnatural thing, but they can't watch two people in the very natural process of making love. Now, really, that doesn't make any sense, does it?

On TV, the children can watch people murdering each other, which is a very unnatural thing, but they can't watch two people in the very natural process of making love. Now, really, that doesn't make any sense, does it?
Children
Sharon Tate

I used to take everything at face value. Because, when I say something, I mean it... so I used to feel that everybody else meant what they said. But of course that wasn't true. And life isn't that sweet and simple.

I used to take everything at face value. Because, when I say something, I mean it... so I used to feel that everybody else meant what they said. But of course that wasn't true. And life isn't that sweet and simple.
Sharon Tate

Certainly. My whole life has been decided by fate. I think something more powerful than we are decides our fates for us. I know one thing – I've never planned anything that ever happened to me.

Certainly. My whole life has been decided by fate. I think something more powerful than we are decides our fates for us. I know one thing – I've never planned anything that ever happened to me.
Sharon Tate

I still have this teddy bear I've had since I was three...and all my boxes, all kinds of boxes. I just won't give them up. It's like if I give them up, I've given in to being a movie star.

I still have this teddy bear I've had since I was three...and all my boxes, all kinds of boxes. I just won't give them up. It's like if I give them up, I've given in to being a movie star.
Sharon Tate

I'm just me. If I am sexy, it's just something I do naturally, like picking up a knife and fork to eat. I think people who try to be sexy are the most unsexy people in the world.

I'm just me. If I am sexy, it's just something I do naturally, like picking up a knife and fork to eat. I think people who try to be sexy are the most unsexy people in the world.
Sharon Tate

Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent.

Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent.
Sharon Tate

I'd like to be an American Catherine Deneuve. She plays beautiful, sensitive, deep parts with a little bit of intelligence behind them.

I'd like to be an American Catherine Deneuve. She plays beautiful, sensitive, deep parts with a little bit of intelligence behind them.
Beautiful
Sharon Tate

My definition of love is being full. Complete. It makes everything lighter. Beauty is something you see. Love is something you feel.

My definition of love is being full. Complete. It makes everything lighter. Beauty is something you see. Love is something you feel.
Sharon Tate

If you just take it down to bare facts, the reason for living is the reason you make it. I mean the brain was made to create.

If you just take it down to bare facts, the reason for living is the reason you make it. I mean the brain was made to create.
Sharon Tate

I really think that if you live for today, tomorrow takes care of itself.

I really think that if you live for today, tomorrow takes care of itself.
Sharon Tate

Beauty is only a look. It has nothing to do with what I'm like inside.

Beauty is only a look. It has nothing to do with what I'm like inside.
Sharon Tate

I don't fool myself. I can't see myself doing Shakespeare.

I don't fool myself. I can't see myself doing Shakespeare.
Sharon Tate

My whole life has been decided by fate.
Sharon Tate

I guess I'm too outspoken.
Sharon Tate

When I was in school, I dreamed about becoming a psychiatrist or a ballerina. Like most girls I would dream about being a movie star too. But those dreams are the impossible kind, the kind you don't really set your heart on.
Sharon Tate

I'm very unpredictable. Very, very impulsive. Extremely. Absolutely! Sometimes I don't know what I want to do from one day to the next. I can't enjoy anything premeditated; I just do it as I feel it. But whatever I do is motivated by honesty.
Sharon Tate