Joan Bennett

“I turned my hair dark and have received much better parts ever since.”

“I'm not a beautiful woman. I'm a beautiful photograph.”

“I don't think much of most of the films I made, but being a movie star was something I liked very much.”

“My film career faded. A mother's love did not.”

“A woman's greatest asset is a man's imagination.”

“Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents.”

“I was never a glamour girl. I was just an actress.”

“I have no romantic illusions. I'm not a person who has to be in love.”

“I'm a survivor. I'm a tough old broad.”

“I've had a wonderful life. I've been very lucky.”