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" Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood. "

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" In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him implicitly to make the most of it. "

" I doubted that there were Communists hiding behind every corporation desk and director's chair. "

" I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by Cecil B. De Mille. "

" Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth. "

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" After 16 years in pictures I could not be intimidated easily, because I knew where all the skeletons were buried. "

" Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common. "

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" Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you don't eat. "

" When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life. "

" I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford. "

" All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in. "

" Nobody gets anything for nothing. "

" Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy. "

" I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book. "

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" Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him. "

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" The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event. "

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" We lived on the Key West Army Base. Key West for me was a tropical island paradise. "

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" I am a very pragmatic person. "