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In leaving
Hollywood
and coming to New York, I feel I can be more myself. After all, if I can't be myself, what's the good of being anything at all?
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I used to think as I looked out on the
Hollywood
night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.' But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.
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In
Hollywood
, a girl's virtue is much less important than her hairdo.
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I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in
Hollywood
, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.
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Hollywood
's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.
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When you're a failure in
Hollywood
— that's like starving to death outside a banquet hall with the smells of filet mignon driving you crazy.
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Women like to sit down with trouble as if it were knitting.
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Born:
June 1, 1926
Died:
August 5, 1962
(aged 36)
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