Jayne Mansfield Quotes: Reflections from Hollywood’s Blonde Bombshell

Stars are made to suffer. And I am one of them.

I don’t want to get involved in racial issues thinking that I might lose fans. I wouldn’t say anything too strong, but I know that God created us all equal and we are not doing it right.

If you are going to do something wrong, do it! But do it big, because the punishment is the same either way.

Caring for a baby is the most rewarding experience a woman can have.

I will never be satisfied. Life is a constant search for improvement.

I like being a pin-up. And I don’t see anything wrong with that.

I eat a lot of lean meat and fresh vegetables. You are what you eat. When I’m 100 years old, I will still be a pin-up.

War is a foolish, childish, animalistic, thoughtless and stupid way to achieve a purpose.

I would like to have ten more babies and ten chihuahuas and maybe a few Academy Awards. In the meantime I continue to be a sex symbol who makes people happy.

I didn’t come to Hollywood to be the girl next door. I came to be a movie star.

My father was the only man I ever knew who truly loved me unselfishly, who never used me for personal gain.

If you want to earn the best things in life, you have to earn them yourself.

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Carla Marinho Leal

Writer, traveler and above all, curious about many subjects. She has studied cinema since 2002 and is a Specialist in Cinematographic Studies from UNICAP. Founder of the blog Purviance and the website Cinemaclássico. She loves Charles Chaplin, Raj Kapoor and constantly browses films from all over the world.

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