Mamie Van Doren Quotes
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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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.
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I’ve never acted my age and I never will. It’s just the way I’ve always been.
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I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!
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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.
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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.
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Sometimes I’m misunderstood and it’s hard to come by that. My life has been full of excitement. I’ve done pretty much what I wanted to do. I came from the Midwest, from South Dakota, and I came up the hard way. We lived on a farm; we didn’t even have electricity or running water if you know what I mean. People don’t know what that life is like.
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I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent.
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My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the rest of me would be too hot.