Rule #1: Be Memorable
As a star, or even as an unforgettable person making your way in the world, you do not want to be like everyone else.
Even at a young age, Audrey knew what worked for her and what didn't. She had a very strong vision of her place in the world and, in this sense, was very much like a princess. Robert Wolders observed, "She was secure in her values and early on found a level where she felt and functioned best. Her personal style was a result of her unwillingness to compromise on those values and to focus on what is basic and real. She showed a good deal of stubbornness toward outside influences, always insisting on what felt natural and comfortable.
"Her sense of appropriateness and decorum was happily mixed with a sense of irony and humor - not taking yourself too seriously, but seriously enough."
Rule #2: Be Modest
It sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it? Stand out in the crowd and be modest. But in addition to her will and ambition (and a talent that she was perhaps only beginning to recognize), Audrey had a very real modesty that was encouraged by her upbringing. A modesty that was rare to come by - and not at all encouraged in Hollywood. Her professional ascent was swift and decisive, and she had a great deal to brag about. In the following year she would win a Tony Award for Ondine, a play she was performing on Broadway, and both an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for Roman Holiday.
Still, Audrey never forgot where she came from. This core of certainty was one of her strengths. Years later, she would remember something her mother said to her - " 'Considering that you have no talent, it's really extraordinary where you've got.' She said it in the middle of all the lovely successes I was having. She wasn't putting me down," Audrey reasoned. "She was saying how fortunate I was."
**all information comes from the book: What Would Audrey Do by Pamela Keogh
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