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.
EARTHA KITTI 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.
More Eartha Kitt Quotes
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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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I was a street dancer.
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The public has become my fairy godmother.
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I wouldn’t bother to describe me. I’m Eartha Kitt.
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I don’t think I ever really got interested in theater.
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I used to teach dance lessons.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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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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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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I love men and I like to get their attention.
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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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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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I’ve always said to my men friends, If you really care for me, darling, you will give me territory. Give me land, give me land.
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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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