"I'm like a cat. I like to be comfortable, and I'm not comfortable when I'm on display."

"Fans expect sincerity from me, a certain warmth, and if they don't get it, they howl."

"I can't wait to be forgotten."

"I'm not antisocial, just unsocial."

"I'm not well dressed on the screen; I'm usually overdressed."

"I abhor having to show off. I hate all the attention a star is supposed to give her precious self."

"I wash my face with soap and water when it needs washing. I don't yet know what is meant by 'glamour.'"

"A star is expected to be a social entertainer besides being an actress."

"This business of being a star is really spoiling my disposition."

"I'd be horribly disappointed if no one ever wanted my autograph. I like fan mail and the more I get the happier I am. Not simply because it feeds my vanity, but because I get a great deal of pleasure from the thought that people are interested in me."

"Luxuries mean nothing to me. Things mean very little to me, because when things become important to you, you are a slave. The only 'thing' if I may call him that, that really matters to me is my Dachshund dog."

"I'm a star of no importance... you've no idea what a sense of freedom brings with it."

"Money, nobody appreciates the stuff any more than I do."

"I can think of nothing more tremendously unimportant than being the best dressed woman in pictures."

"What I'm fearful of is that when Hollywood is through with me, I'll be unfitted for anything else."

"I don't believe a woman who can support herself should take alimony."

"Fittings-- fits-- fits-- fittings-- phfft to 'em!"

"I believe that happiness lies within yourself and cannot be altered, increased or abated, really by an external influence or by any person... happiness in its essence is within myself."

"All of us should get away from Hollywood at every possible opportunity. It's the only way we have of staying sane."

"When you live as if there wasn't any future you can get pleasure out of anything. Even out of a bowl of grapes!"

 (With thanks to Scott O'Brien.)

 

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