Mamie Van Doren Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Mamie Van Doren:
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.
~Mamie Van Doren
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
~Mamie Van Doren
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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.
~Mamie Van Doren
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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.
~Mamie Van Doren
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I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent.
~Mamie Van Doren
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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.
~Mamie Van Doren
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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.
~Mamie Van Doren
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I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!
~Mamie Van Doren
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
~Mamie Van Doren
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