My dream was to go to Hollywood and become a movie star, and it happened. This country is geared toward that. When an actor can become president, anything can happen. — Mamie Van Doren Copy Share Image
I'm going to tell you something: it's a job to be glamorous. I mean, if you think it comes easy, it doesn't. Marilyn went through it; all the sex symbols go through it. — Mamie Van Doren Copy Share Image
It's such a shame that you were put in a category of a dumb blonde, but that's what they did in the '50s. You… — Mamie Van Doren Copy Share Image
Raising children with an emphasis on intrinsic rewards is not a technique, a method or a trick to get them to do what the… — Mamie Van Doren Copy Share Image
My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the rest of me would be too hot. — Mamie Van Doren Copy Share Image
I met Chanel in the 1960s when I was working over in Europe. She sent me clothes all the time because I was only,… — Mamie Van Doren Copy Share Image
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.… — Mamie Van Doren Copy Share Image
Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and I were so different from each other. I was doing very young movies, and Marilyn, who was ahead of… — Mamie Van Doren Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think I made a big mistake by not paying more attention to Prince Axel. He was looking for a wife and genuinely… — Mamie Van Doren Copy Share Image
