My life is fair game for anybody. I spent an unhappy, penniless childhood in Brooklyn. I had to slug my way up in a town called Hollywood where peopl…

- Susan Hayward

I learned at a very early age that life is a battle. My family was poor, my neighborhood was poor. The only way that I could get away from the awfuln…

- Susan Hayward

When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh maybe a few friends will remember me affectionately. Being remembered…

- Susan Hayward

You're beautiful in your wrath.

- Susan Hayward

I never thought of myself as a movie star. I'm just a working girl. A working girl who worked her way to the top -- and never fell off.

- Susan Hayward

I defy any newcomer not to believe his or her publicity at the very beginning. It's only natural. At least it was for me.

- Susan Hayward

You aim at all the things you have been told that stardom means the rich life, the applause, the parties cluttered with celebrities. Then you find th…

- Susan Hayward