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…

- Veronica Lake

Alan Ladd was a marvelous person in his simplicity. In so many ways we were kindred spirits. We both were professionally conceived through Hollywood'…

- Veronica Lake

There's no doubt I was a bit of a misfit in the Hollywood of the forties. The race for glamour left me far behind. I didn't really want to keep up. I…

- Veronica Lake

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 chang…

- Veronica Lake

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

- Veronica Lake

I never did cheesecake; I just used my hair.

- Veronica Lake

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.

- Veronica Lake

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

- Veronica Lake

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 n…

- Veronica Lake