I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don’t want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him.
HEDY LAMARRMr. DeMille’s theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory.
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A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.
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To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.
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If I had my way everyone would have a psychiatrist. When the brain is sick and you must throw up, you do it by being purged in a psychiatrist’s office.
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Hope & curiosity about the future seemed better than guarantees. The unknown was always so attractive to me, and still is.
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Mr. DeMille’s theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory.
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I enjoy countless hundreds pursuing me. I love those who love me the most. I am sort of flattered by men showing attention to me.
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I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.
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I must quit marrying men who feel inferior to me. Somewhere there must be a man who could be my husband and not feel inferior.
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I know when I’m working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities.
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I think women are concerned too much with their clothes. Men don’t really care that much about women’s clothes. If they like a girl, chances are they’ll like her clothes.
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Films have a certain place in a certain time period. Technology is forever.
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It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.
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The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn’t get a divorce for almost a year.
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I’ve been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only have three close friends. I guess that’s all anyone can expect.
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Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.
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Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don’t have time to teach him.
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Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
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Confidence is something you’re born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.
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Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost.
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I win because I learned years ago that scared money always loses. I never care, so I win.
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I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock.
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American men, as a group, seem to be interested in only two things, money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.
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Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.
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That’s how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.
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I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.
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