To function as an actress, I have to be in love. I have to have that incentive to work.

I don't want to get involved in the racial situation at the expense of losing fans. I wouldn't say anything too strong but I do know that God created us equal and we're not living up to it.

To establish yourself as an actress, you have to become well known. A girl just starting out, I would tell her to concentrate on acting, but she doesn't have to go around wearing blankets.

Carrying a baby is the most rewarding experience a woman can enjoy.

You know which title I like best? I like to be called mother.

I have always considered my career self and my personal self as two different and separate people. There's a Jayne Mansfield at home, a wife and devoted mother, and there's Jayne the sex symbol, which is my career. I have always kept them completely apart and separate.

If you're going to do something wrong, do it big, because the punishment is the same either way.