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"As many drinks as I've had, I can't
remember enjoying one. The only reason I drank was to get over my
shyness."
"Hollywood is just a dreary, quiet
suburb of Los Angeles, with droopy palm trees, washed-out buildings, cheap
dime stores, and garish theaters, a far cry from the razzle-dazzle of New
York."
"I was never an actress-- none of us
kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at."
"The truth is that the only time I'm
happy is when I'm doing absolutely nothing."
"My philosophy, for better or worse,
has always been, "If I'm in love or having an affair, I stop working.""
"Anything you can't get out of a
bottle of gin, you don't need."
"MGM
promoted me as The World's Most Beautiful Animal, a label I
couldn't shake."
"When
I lose my temper, honey,
you can't find it anywhere."
"Fame
and fortune does not mean anything
if you don't have a happy
home."
"I
don't mind growing old. If I have to go
before my time, this is how I'll go--
cigarette in one hand,
glass of scotch in the other."
"Doing
nothing feels like floating
on warm water to me. Delightful,
perfect."
"If
I had my life to live over again, I'd live it the same way. The truth is, honey, I've enjoyed
my life. I've had a hell of a good time..."
"I
shot enough sultry looks around
the MGM photo gallery to melt the
North pole."
"I
married three exciting men, all very talented, and fascinating to
the ladies, and,
I might add, vice versa."
"Everybody
kisses everybody else
in this crummy business all the time.
It's
the kissiest business in the world."
"I
made it as a star dressed, and if it ain't dressed, I don't want
it."
"I
wish to live until 150 year-old but the day I'll die, I wish it to
be with a cigarette in one hand
and a glass of whisky in the
other."
"What
I'd really like to say about stardom
is that it gave me everything
I never wanted."
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