I used to be offended when they called me that. Then I began to enjoy it. It's better to be the queen of something than nothing. One of the things th… - Marie Windsor

I didn’t know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting! Even Kubrick, in 1955 during filming of The Killing, never used the term film noir to my knowledge.

My personal happiness is much more important than my career, my primary aim is to have a happy home life. Those great ladies the silver screen have wanted what I've been able to get, but they've not been able to give up enough to get it.

I was always a little girl in my heart. As I grew older, I really felt like inside. But outside it didn't come out like that. [...] I think it was physical. All the women were small in those days. The men were smaller, too, so taller women didn't get much of a chance. It was my looks and my voice, and I played menace very well. That's the way they saw me, and it was easy to do. [...] It seemed very natural to me to be slinky and sexy. The s of the world can't be slinky and sexy. I've sort of given up and just accept it.