Veronica Lake Quotes

#1. You could put all the talent I had into your left eye and still not suffer from impaired vision.

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#2. [on Paulette Goddard] It was her honesty I liked.

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#3. I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter ... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.

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#4. I never did cheesecake; I just used my hair.

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#5. I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie.

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#6. I will have one of the cleanest obits of any actress. I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair.

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#7. I think I've developed into an actress because I've worked darn hard at it and I've learned a great deal from a lot of gifted people. And if I have nothing else to show for my life, apart from a scrapbook full of cuttings, I have the knowledge that my early days in Hollywood weren't in vain.

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#8. Hollywood gives a young girl the aura of one giant, self-contained orgy farm, its inhabitants dedicated to crawling into every pair of pants they can find.

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