Of The Nude Pictures: Sure I Posed.

I've Never Fooled Anyone. I've Let People Fool Themselves. They Didn't Bother To Find Out Who And What I Was. Instead They Would Invent A Character For Me. I Wouldn't Argue With Them. They Were Obviously Loving Somebody I Wasn't.

I Remember When I Was In High School I Didn't Have A New Dress For Each Special Occasion. The Girls Would Bring The Fact To My Attention, Not Always Too Delicately. The Boys, However, Never Bothered With The Subject. They Were My Friends, Not Because Of The Size Of My Wardrobe But Because They Liked Me.

(about Her Teen Years) My Admirers All Said The Same Thing In Different Ways. It Was My Fault, Their Wanting To Kiss And Hug Me.

I Used To Get The Feeling, And Sometimes I Still Get It, That Sometimes I Was Fooling Somebody; I Don't Know Who Or What, Maybe Myself.

I Remember When I Got The Part In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Jane Russell - She Was The Brunette In It And I Was The Blonde. She Got $200,000 For It, And I Got My $500 A Week, But That To Me Was, You Know, Considerable. She, By The Way, Was Quite Wonderful To Me. The Only Thing Was I Couldn't Get A Dressing Room. Finally, I Really Got To This Kind Of Level And I Said, "look, After All, I Am The Blonde, And It Is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes!" Because Still They Always Kept Saying, "remember, You're Not A Star." I Said, "well, Whatever I Am, I Am The Blonde!