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I was trying to avoid everything. I was trying to avoid life
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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

I was trying to avoid everything.I was trying to avoid life

I was trying to avoid everything.
I was trying to avoid life

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I was trying to avoid everything. I was trying to avoid life.
Duration
6 seconds
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38
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:24
Uploaded
Apr 08, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Bad Robot,Zipper Bros Films,Gerber Pictures,Sutter Road Picture Company,House of Taylor

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Movie Summary

Newly discovered interviews with Elizabeth Taylor and unprecedented access to the star's personal archive reveal the complex inner life and vulnerability of the groundbreaking icon.
But I was so desperate at one time - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:07
But I was so desperate at one time
I did it deliberately, calmly, and... - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:06
I did it deliberately, calmly, and...
I was fed up with living - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:07
I was fed up with living
I'd rather have been dead than face going through a divorce. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:06
I'd rather have been dead than face going through a div...
And thank, God. I'm so deeply ashamed of that. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:06
And thank, God. I'm so deeply ashamed of that.
It's the most self-indulgent kind of behavior. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:06
It's the most self-indulgent kind of behavior.
Because the consequences to the children was so horrific. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:07
Because the consequences to the children was so horrific.
The motion picture casting achievement of the year - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:06
The motion picture casting achievement of the year
The occasion? The Hollywood signing of the exotic Elizabeth - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:08
The occasion? The Hollywood signing of the exotic Elizabeth
Cleopatra, of whom Shakespeare wrote - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:09
Cleopatra, of whom Shakespeare wrote
Elizabeth was the first movie star - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:09
Elizabeth was the first movie star
And she asked for 10% of the absolute gross. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:05
And she asked for 10% of the absolute gross.
When it came to business, she was ruthless. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:05
When it came to business, she was ruthless.
I finally got away from MGM - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:11
I finally got away from MGM
Are you ever made to feel by the movie industry like so much meat? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:07
Are you ever made to feel by the movie industry like so much...
But when you, very coolly - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:09
But when you, very coolly
Why do you think that you're paid a million dollars for a movie? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:06
Why do you think that you're paid a million dollars for...
What do you think is your salable goods? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:07
What do you think is your salable goods?
Come on now. You were offered a million dollars. - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:05
Come on now. You were offered a million dollars.
Sex symbol... What the hell is a sex symbol? What is it? - Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes 00:06
Sex symbol... What the hell is a sex symbol? What is it?