"I love people to think I came up from the gutter."

"I know I'm the worst actress that was ever in pictures."

"I feel I can't breathe when I'm wearing a brassiere."

"There is a God, even in Hollywood."

"I like to wake up each morning feeling a new man."

"I'm home-conscious, if there's a phrase like that."

"I'm drinking only because I have to have something to keep me going. If I were leading a normal life, I'd drink only to be sociable."

"To me, love has always meant friendship."

"I'm not a great actress, and I never thought I was. But I happen to have something the public likes."

"Must I always wear a low-cut dress to be important?"

"I'm handicapped by a very even disposition."

"I've always hated my hair, not only because it limited me as an actress, but because it limited me as a person. It made me look hard and spectacular."

"Underwear makes me uncomfortable and besides my parts have to breathe."

"When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas."

"I turned to motion pictures because I had to work or starve."

"I am not a party hound."

"No one ever expects a great lay to pay all the bills."