Mamie Van Doren Quotes

It's my sick fantasy to be a Cosmo cover.

I don't like the trappings of stardom. I wear the shoes and the Dolce & Gabbana, because I'm told to. But I'm not trapped by it.

Just because I live in L.A .and I live in Hollywood doesn't mean I have to have a Hollywood life.

I think one of my biggest influences is Bette Davis. I've seen almost every one of her films, and she's been very inspiring to me.

I used to devour biographies of people like Natalie Wood and Marilyn.

I don't wanna be a rock star. I don't believe in rock stars. If you really examine what goes with being a rock star, I've avoided that really well.

Directors, like actors, get typecast. And because I've had great success with comedy and horror and TV shows, that's basically what I'm kind of offered.

I was born in high heels and I've worn them ever since.

There are lots of actresses I consider to be my icons, from Katharine Hepburn and Grace Kelly to Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep.

I'm not a wannabe Miley Cyrus.

I'm not especially interested in actors or their life, double, triple identities and all that.

I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell.

I love seeing women looking great in my clothes. I don't care who they are. I don't quantify people by celebrity.

I would love for the time to come where somebody can talk about me and not have to talk about Britney and Christina in the same sentence.

The last real movie stars were probably Redford and Newman. And things were different then. There wasn't this amazing amount of magazines and information about them.

I really love the movies of Katherine Hepburn, movies like 'The African Queen.' I love 'Midnight Run' and I suppose, to pick something out of a different genre, I love 'Aliens.'

I think that the work that Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did was truly extraordinary, and that's their legacy. Not the other petty stuff.

Why does everyone think they need to be a star? It's ridiculous. The celebrity culture is so silly, and the fact that people grow up thinking that it's something to aspire to just seems wrong. I don't mean to bash my life. I love my life; I just think it's not the only way to go.

Hollywood is a land of style, a world where how you present yourself matters. Many of the people working here are so dramatically good-looking - that is their style. That's not me, and I know that.

Nothing makes a girl feel more special than being adorned with some lovely Didier Dubot jewelry for the 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' premiere.

Some women can probably be Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, but some of us can't.

Now that I am a part of the Hindi film industry, I hope I can do different roles with a lot of scope.

Growing up, I loved films like 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'On the Waterfront' and became a huge fan of Marlon Brando.

In America, I can just be glamorous, which is lovely. People are happy and accepting of exactly what it is I do.

In 'Stree,' I play a character who believes that he knows everything. And I play a cop in 'Drive.' It is a different kind of a role. It is not a uniform-wearing character. The film is interesting, since it is a thriller.