Frances Farmer

“The insults, the disappointments, the humiliations, the betrayals, the injustices... they are all part of the price of fame.”

“I have no desire to be a star. I just want to be a good actress.”

“It's a strange thing to be a celebrity. You're still the same person, but you're looked at differently.”

“Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper quarters.”

“The story of my life has been written by others. I want to write my own story.”

“I was not a rebel. I was just a person who asked questions.”

“I made a conscious decision to be a nonconformist.”

“I decided that I would not be a puppet on a string, that I would not be a product of the studio system.”