I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
BETTE MIDLERI loved the photographs of people wearing elaborate makeup and costumes – they really pulled at me inside. I was in that library every week for years, until I was about 13. I had a rich interior life, because I didn’t have much of a social life.
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The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.
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Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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The [film] business is run by men, and they’re basically interested in their own species, and they’re not so interested in women belonging to the human race.
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Lay a foundation – get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.
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Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.
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I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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Do you want to live and work in a garbage dump? I don’t. That’s partly because I grew up in the most pristine environment possible – Hawaii, where it is sacrilege to leave your garbage on the ground.
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We’re all divine, but I was the only one who had the nerve to call myself that.
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You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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When I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just had a fuzzy notion of what life would be like if I became what I pictured.
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Honey, I can smell the scent of another woman from 500 paces.
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I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you’re bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it’s going to make you miserable?
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Do I understand this right? I’m being marked down?
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Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients,have the right mixture and the right cooking time to reveal the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft.
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