Susan Hayward Professions : Film actress Born : June 30, 1917 Died : March 14, 1975 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Susan Hayward I never thought of myself as a movie star. I'm just a working girl. A working girl who worked her way to the top -- and never fell off. Susan Hayward girl stars way You aim at all the things you have been told that stardom means the rich life, the applause, the parties cluttered with celebrities. Then you find that you have it all. And it is nothing, really nothing. It is like a drug that lasts just a few hours, a sleeping pill. When it wears off, you have to live without its help. Susan Hayward party sleep mean You're beautiful in your wrath. Susan Hayward you-re-beautiful wrath beautiful When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh maybe a few friends will remember me affectionately. Being remembered isn't the most important thing anyhow. It's what you do when you are here that's important. Susan Hayward few-friends important remember I learned at a very early age that life is a battle. My family was poor, my neighborhood was poor. The only way that I could get away from the awfulness of life, at that time, was at the movies. There I decided that my big aim was to make money. And it was there that I became a very determined woman. Susan Hayward battle age way My life is fair game for anybody. I spent an unhappy, penniless childhood in Brooklyn. I had to slug my way up in a town called Hollywood where people love to trample you to death. I don't relax because I don't know how. I don't want to know how. Life is too short to relax. Susan Hayward life-is-too-short games funny I defy any newcomer not to believe his or her publicity at the very beginning. It's only natural. At least it was for me. Susan Hayward publicity natural believe Similar Authors Isabella Rossellini film-actress Izabella Scorupco film-actress Betty Buckley film-actress Bipasha Basu film-actress Butterfly McQueen film-actress Bryce Dallas Howard film-actress All Authors