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I got to know Sterling Hayden fairly well. He was a quiet man, who got more complicated as the years went on.

- Marie Windsor

More, Got, Fairly, Sterling

I'm 5 9, and there were two stars in my life who didn't mind that I was taller than they - George Raft and John Garfield.

- Marie Windsor

Mind, My Life, Taller, Garfield

I thought my nose was too prominent so I had this corrected via plastic surgery in 1959.

- Marie Windsor

Thought, Nose, Prominent, Surgery

I'd also say having Jack's son Chris living with us from his 13th year on helped in raising Rick.

- Marie Windsor

Living, Raising, Having, Rick

I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!

- Marie Windsor

Thought, Doing, Stories, Noir

I'd say my happiest moment as an actress came when I learned I'd won the Look Magazine Best Supporting Actress Award for 1956 in The Killing.

- Marie Windsor

Happiest, Actress, Learned, Supporting

About that time, stronger features became fashionable on the screen.

- Marie Windsor

Stronger, Features, Became, Fashionable

Some actresses seem to thrive on chaos, and I've often wondered if they felt they had to be that way in order to perform well?

- Marie Windsor

Chaos, Some, Felt, Thrive

Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this.

- Marie Windsor

Before, Mostly, Studied, Marvelous

For many years my inherited arthritis had given me problems.

- Marie Windsor

Me, Arthritis, Given, Inherited

The scene where I took my eyelashes off we did in two takes.

- Marie Windsor

Where, Took, Takes, Eyelashes

Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that.

- Marie Windsor

Director, Most, Having, Insecure

In '48 when I left Metro, I tried to go back to radio, but somehow just didn't do well at it.

- Marie Windsor

Radio, Go, Back, Metro

My forehead is sometimes too high, but bangs could correct this.

- Marie Windsor

High, Correct, Too, Bangs

This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured.

- Marie Windsor

More, Always, Pleasant, Rewards

So, I certainly subscribe to what Bette said about acting being very hard work.

- Marie Windsor

Work, Very, Certainly, Subscribe

It finally became clear to me that they had no hopes of my ever walking again.

- Marie Windsor

Walking, Became, Ever, Hopes

Elisha Cook was a darling, and full of the devil. A wired - up little fellow who was always busy, busy, busy.

- Marie Windsor

Always, Darling, Wired, Fellow

Raft told me how to walk with him in a scene: We'd start off in a long shot normal, and about the time we got together in a close-up, I'd be bending my knees so I'd be shorter.

- Marie Windsor

Raft, Knees, About, Close-Up

I had to do a tango with Raft and I learned to dance in ballet shoes with my knees bent.

- Marie Windsor

Bent, Knees, Learned, Tango

I knew I had a great figure, but I never regarded myself as beautiful.

- Marie Windsor

Beautiful, Never, Figure, Regarded

For instance, it was very rare for anyone there with dogs to allow them into the house.

- Marie Windsor

Very, Allow, Instance, Dogs

But painting can be too lonely... I like being with people too much to have ever made that my life's work.

- Marie Windsor

Work, Like, Made, Lonely

I'd been trying for all of the eight years we'd been married to have a child, and finally I did.

- Marie Windsor

Trying, Finally, Been, Eight

This I regard as a classic example of my not being properly prepared for a part I very much wanted.

- Marie Windsor

Prepared, Part, Very, Regard

The way animals were and are abused appalls me to this very day.

- Marie Windsor

Me, Very, Were, Abuse

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