Yvonne De Carlo quotes

Yvonne De Carlo was a Canadian actress and singer who achieved international fame in Hollywood's Golden Age. Her performances in films like "The Ten Commandments" and the TV series "The Munsters" made her an enduring icon of film and television. She is remembered for her striking beauty, versatility, and charismatic screen presence. Here are 15 of her quotes:

I enjoyed being in The Ten Commandments. That was a great experience-to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.

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Men, no matter what their promises, rarely leave their spouses - the louses.

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I guess I lead a double life, and I must admit I'm happy with both.

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I'm from Hollywood, I'm too dumb to be nervous about New York.

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I was named Margaret Yvonne - Margaret because my mother was very fond of one of the derivatives of the name. She was fascinated at the time by the movie star Baby Peggy, and I suppose she wanted a Baby Peggy of her own.

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Baby, I've never been drunk in public and I never run around with men half my age. The dames I started out with are all batty today. They had their looks and nothing more and now they think they're finished.

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I enjoyed the comedies with Alec Guinness, and I had a real great time with Peter Ustinov in Hotel Sahara. I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn.

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I think Yvonne De Carlo was more famous than Lily. But I gained the younger audience through The Munsters.

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I enjoyed being in The Ten Commandments.

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Reality to me is a home, my kids, best friends and only then a career and the limelight. I never thought like Marilyn Monroe that I was washed up when I was 35.

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I played so many oriental princesses and cowtown saloon madams after that I lost count. I broke in all the new actors, to use a phrase. I acted with Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis before they became big names.

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You want to know about the title, right. The most beautiful girl in the world. . . It was a straight publicity thing but it ballooned. Of course, I never could wear blue jeans to the market after that. I had a reputation to uphold.

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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.

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