Lana Turner

“The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now.”

“I started off wanting one husband and seven children, but it ended up the other way around.”

“We started by playing girls who only married at the end of the picture. We didn't play wives. That came later. But the most dreadful thing was when a star had to play a mother. That was the beginning of her professional end.”

“I've always loved a challenge.”

“I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.”

“Cheryl's artistically inclined. She draws and sketches, but I don't know about acting.”

“A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.”

“My life has been a series of emergencies.”

“I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.”

“I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.”

“That Shaw is the most egotistical thing! He hogged the camera and spent more time with the hairdresser and the makeup man than any actor on the lot!”

“Let's be honest, the physical attracts me first. Then if you get to know the man's mind and soul and heart, that's icing on the cake.”

“I'm so gullible. I'm so damn gullible. And I am so sick of me being gullible.”

“It used to be that when an actress reached thirty, she was considered almost washed up.”

“When he would give you direction, it was not sitting in a chair saying, 'Hey, babe! Do this and that and the other thing.' Mr. Sirk would ask, 'May I speak with you?' and sit down and say, 'I think this should be done this way. And how do you feel about it? Do you feel it that way?'”

“A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.”

“It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.”

“Since my life has been wayward and impulsive, always a search for something that is not there, and then disillusionment, I believe I need all the excuses I can make.”

“Oh, how I treasure this freedom. I really do It's a glorious, wonderful experience. I am off marriage - for life!”

“Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.”