Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking I was like that off the screen. They couldn't have been more wrong.

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I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well...

I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well...

I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart...

I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart...

When I lose my temper, honey, you cant find it anywhere.

When I lose my temper, honey, you cant find it anywhere.

Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.

Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.

I don't understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was...

I don't understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was...

What's the point? My face, shall we say, looks lived in.

What's the point? My face, shall we say, looks lived in.

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.

I suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn...

I suffered, I really suffered, with all three of my husbands. And I tried damn...

For the loot, honey, for the loot.

For the loot, honey, for the loot.

God makes, and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.

God makes, and apparel shapes: but it's money that finishes the man.

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as...

Take heed, be wary how you place your words;Talk like the vulgar sort of market...

Take heed, be wary how you place your words;Talk like the vulgar sort of market...

To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends...

To make a man perfectly happy tell him he works too hard, that he spends...

I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.

I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.

You have to have a positive strategy to make more partners and fewer terrorists. Harry...

You have to have a positive strategy to make more partners and fewer terrorists. Harry...

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

Not to watch your workmen is to lose your money.

Not to watch your workmen is to lose your money.

I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said,...

I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said,...

And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two...

And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...

There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong...