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The quote suggests that Kitty Carlisle, an American musician, did not particularly enjoy or like Hollywood during a certain period in her life. She seems to have had a negative or unfavorable opinion of the entertainment industry and the atmosphere there at that time.

About Kitty Carlisle

Kitty Carlisle Hart was an acclaimed American actress, singer, and television personality. She starred in the Marx Brothers film ‘A Night at the Opera’ and was a regular panelist on ‘To Tell the Truth’. Kitty Carlisle Hart was also recognized for her contributions to the arts, receiving the National Medal of Arts and being inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

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It never occurred to me that I looked like a movie star.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)

So in those days, they were scooping up any young person who could sing and look decent, ah, at the same time.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)

I was near sighted. I was born myopic, and I got glasses, right after that.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)

I was born in New Orleans, and I wasn’t allowed to go to the movies.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)

I was taken to concerts when I was six, seven years old, and sat in a box throughout the whole evening.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)

I get on the floor, and I can do things a woman a fifth my age can’t do.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)

It was considered oh, not proper for children to go to the movies.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)

And I wasn’t crazy about Hollywood in those days.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)

My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)

And I didn’t, that’s why my career was very short lived.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)

So I got caught up in the same wave as everybody else and went right out to Hollywood, to make movies.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)

The next thing that happened to me was that I, we, were living in Paris where I then grew up.

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910-2007)