Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
EARTHA KITTJewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don’t have anything against that.
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I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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You don’t move just because you want to go from this point to that point – the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me ‘yellow gal.’ I was caught in between both sides – nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it’s a part of live entertainment.
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Eartha Mae is very shy. She’s scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection.
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I’ve always been multi-cultural myself. I’m not black and I’m not white and I’m not pink and I’m not green. Eartha Kitt has no color, and that is how barriers are broken.
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You don’t have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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I don’t wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I’m asked, I will answer honestly.
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I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn’t supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
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People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that’s what they’ve always cast me as.
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