"Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference."
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"Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request."
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"I have been at war from the beginning. I've never looked back before. I've never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one's vigil."
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"I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation."
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"I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman."
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"I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless."
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"I was thought to be "stuck up." I wasn't. i was just sure of myself."
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"People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. ... I'd found the one true, enduring romance of my life."
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"You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!"
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"If men found out how to give birth to children they'll never propose again."
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"Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten."
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"I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box."
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"From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it."
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"Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did."
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"Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition."
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"You've got to know someone pretty well to hate them."
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"Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over."
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"Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they're too perplexed about the whole female situation probably."
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"The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies."
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"I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent."
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