- Blondes
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Endure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and I were so different from each other. I was doing very young movies, and Marilyn, who was ahead of me, was doing a lot of homogenized movies that weren't quite as wild as the ones I was doing. Jayne was more of a character of herself.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a man.
- Brain
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- Nov 07, 2020
My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the rest of me would be too hot.
- Appeared
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was groomed as a so-called sex symbol, a rival to Marilyn Monroe, and from then on, whenever my picture appeared in paper, it was 'sex kitten,' 'sex symbol,' 'sex goddess,' 'sex pot.' I've accepted it, and I'm flattered, but in some ways, it's been a hindrance to me because I haven't been able to be taken seriously as an actress.
- Dumb
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's such a shame that you were put in a category of a dumb blonde, but that's what they did in the '50s. You fought the system, but you didn't win.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one mistake I will always kick myself for is not doing 'Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?' It was written for me.
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
The studios always had their idea of what I was, and they'd give me the dumb-blonde roles.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Untamed Youth' was my favorite. I got to sing and dance and do my own gyrations.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dream was to go to Hollywood and become a movie star, and it happened. This country is geared toward that. When an actor can become president, anything can happen.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020