Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
EARTHA KITTWe’re not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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Having my animals or my children with me exorcises that feeling of not being wanted.
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I used to teach dance lessons.
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I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
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Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
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I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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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 think it’s fun to look at people with big diamonds.
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A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So each song takes on a different movement of the body. And the body has to go with the subject and the attitude that you have toward that subject.
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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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I was considered an ugly duckling.
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In the ’50s, critics used to say I had a ‘dangerous’ act.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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Relationships can be rather uncomfortable for her. But, as Eartha Kitt, it’s fine. I can accept and reject any time I want to. Do I ever reject? Not really. Although people think I do!
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I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don’t know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.
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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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