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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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentleman. by Mamie Van Doren

It is possible that blondes also prefer gentleman.

Mamie Van Doren

gentleman blonde

Raising children with an emphasis on intrinsic rewards is not a technique, a method or a trick to get them to do what the parent wants them to by subtler means, but a way of life, a way of living with children with real respect for their intelligence and for their being.

Mamie Van Doren

real mean children

I've never acted my age and I never will. It's just the way I've... by Mamie Van Doren

I've never acted my age and I never will. It's just the way I've always been.

Mamie Van Doren

age way

He's the type of man who will end up dying in his own arms. by Mamie Van Doren

He's the type of man who will end up dying in his own arms.

Mamie Van Doren

dying personality men

Blondes also prefer gentlemen. by Mamie Van Doren

Blondes also prefer gentlemen.

Mamie Van Doren

gentleman

I've married a few people I shouldn't have, but haven't we all? by Mamie Van Doren

I've married a few people I shouldn't have, but haven't we all?

Mamie Van Doren

married havens people

It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen. by Mamie Van Doren

It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.

Mamie Van Doren

blondes prefer also possible

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

follow die hope young

I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been ha... by Mamie Van Doren

I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!

Mamie Van Doren

skin never my-own happy

I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary. by Mamie Van Doren

I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.

Mamie Van Doren

feel like secretary meant-to-be

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

seriously woman movies women

I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own... by Mamie Van Doren

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

never man my-own wife

I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent. by Mamie Van Doren

I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent.

Mamie Van Doren

never hard talent appreciated

My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the re... by Mamie Van Doren

My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the rest of me would be too hot.

Mamie Van Doren

best me hot brain

I was groomed as a so-called sex symbol, a rival to Marilyn Monroe, and from then on, whenever my picture appeared in paper, it was 'sex kitten,' 'sex symbol,' 'sex goddess,' 'sex pot.' I've accepted it, and I'm flattered, but in some ways, it's been a hindrance to me because I haven't been able to be taken seriously as an actress.

Mamie Van Doren

seriously picture me sex

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 fought the system, but you didn't win.

Mamie Van Doren

win you blonde dumb

The one mistake I will always kick myself for is not doing 'Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?' It was written for me.

Mamie Van Doren

myself me mistake success

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

job think you sex

The studios always had their idea of what I was, and they'd give... by Mamie Van Doren

The studios always had their idea of what I was, and they'd give me the dumb-blonde roles.

Mamie Van Doren

give me always give-me

'Untamed Youth' was my favorite. I got to sing and dance and do m... by Mamie Van Doren

'Untamed Youth' was my favorite. I got to sing and dance and do my own gyrations.

Mamie Van Doren

own youth my-own dance