“Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.”
Bette Davis

“Actually I never felt I would succeed on the screen. This I must face, I'm not the greatest beauty in the world.”
Jennifer Jones

“She is as beautiful as an erotic dream. Tall and extremely large-bosomed. Tremendously long legs. They go up to her shoulders, practically. Beautiful brown eyes, set in a marvellously vulpine, almost satanic face.”
Richard Burton On Sophia Loren

“A pretty girl, but she has a double chin and an over-developed chest. And she’s rather short in the leg. So I can hardly describe her as the most beautiful creature I’ve ever seen.”
Richard Burton On Liz Taylor

“An empty-headed blonde with a fat rear. Oh, Marilyn was pretty enough to look at, but there were hundreds of better-looking actresses poking around Hollywood.”
Anthony Quinn On Marilyn Monroe