Kim Novak reflected on aging and her decision to turn her back on Hollywood in an attempt to reclaim her story.

"It’s not easy getting old," Novak, 92, said in the upcoming documentary "Kim Novak's Vertigo," according to People magazine. "I’m feeling it’s close to the end."

"I’ve been feeling the need to free something…." the beginning of the film began.

Novak famously chose to leave Hollywood at what many considered would have been the peak of her career. "When I left, I was at the top of my game," she said in the documentary about her exit from the industry in 1966.

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"Hollywood swallowed people whole," Novak said, referencing Marilyn Monroe's death. The actress died at 36 and her death was ruled a possible suicide by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. "I didn’t want that to happen to me," Novak noted.

The "Picnic" star turned her back on Hollywood after her Bel Air home was destroyed in a mudslide. She chose a cliff dwelling in Big Sur to become her place to start over, where she focused on other artistic skills.

"My survival mode was to paint," Novak said.

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Novak opened up about how she felt waking up on her first morning after leaving Hollywood in a 2021 interview with Fox News Digital.

"Liberated. Totally liberated," she recalled. "I thought, ‘Wow, I’m going to live my dream and not for someone else.’ It was wonderful. My cat was purring, the birds were singing, the waves were crashing – we were all just content."

"The first thing I did when I woke up was to get all my art equipment, set up my easel and look out the window," Novak added. "I thought to myself, ‘This is paradise.’ Hollywood offers money and prestige, but nothing ever compares to that feeling I felt that morning."

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Years later, Novak's true story will be told in "Kim Novak's Vertigo."

"This is not a Hollywood-y documentary of famous names, this is about Kim, the person," Novak's manager, Sue Cameron, said. "She turned down a million dollars to write her autobiography 25 years ago. Because they wanted all the Hollywood dirt, and she says, ‘No, that's not who I am, I won't do it.’"

"She's the last living golden goddess of film," Cameron said. "And what's more important is in this documentary, we show her as the true fighter she was for women, even way back in the '50s, when they tried to force her to wear certain makeup, and she would go wipe it off. She was the very first woman to have her own production company."

A car crash that seriously injured former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in New Hampshire on Saturday night was not a targeted attack, a spokesman for the 81-year-old said.

Michael Ragusa, spokesman and head of security for Giuliani, said the former mayor had been flagged down by a woman who was the victim of domestic violence when he stopped to help and called 911. After officers arrived, Giuliani departed in his rental vehicle, which was then struck from behind at a high speed on the highway.

"This was not a targeted attack," Ragusa said in a reply to an initial statement on X. "We ask everyone to respect Mayor Giuliani’s privacy and recovery, and refrain from spreading unfounded conspiracy theories."

The former mayor was hospitalized with multiple injuries, including "a fractured thoracic vertebrae," multiple lacerations and contusions and injuries to his left arm and lower leg, Ragusa said in an initial statement on Sunday.

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Ragusa gave an update on Giuliani’s condition to Fox News Digital on Monday.

"Mayor Giuliani’s condition continues to improve, and he is expected to be discharged from the hospital within the next few days," Ragusa said in a statement. "This is a man who survived 9/11—so a little car accident won’t be slowing him down. He is eager to return to business and continue fighting for this country, as he has proudly done for the past 50 years."

New Hampshire State Police said it is investigating the crash.

Troopers witnessed the two-vehicle collision just before 10 p.m. on Interstate 93 northbound in Manchester as they were investigating a reported domestic violence incident across the roadway on the southbound side, police said. 

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Giuliani was a passenger in a rented Ford Bronco that was being driven by his adviser, Ted Goodman, when a 19-year-old woman driving a Honda HR-V struck them from behind, police said. 

Both vehicles hit the highway median and were "heavily damaged," state police said.

The 19-year-old, Goodman and Giuliani were all treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, the agency said.

Police did not say whether Giuliani had assisted the reported domestic violence victim on the interstate.

No charges have been filed related to the crash as police continue to investigate.

Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.