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“You know, Italian-Hungarian - no matter how linear and cool I look on the outside, I have all that energy trying to find its way through life.”
“I respect Gloria Steinem enormously. But I never wanted to be in any kind of movement - and if you're over a certain age, you better keep your bra on because nothing's worse than saggy duds.”
“I was the one who kept telling my second husband he should become a cinematographer. I paid for him to get his director's card, and he went on to make 'Godspell.'”
“When you understand how to do that dance, when the photographer says, 'Hold it, do it,' and you know you're getting it right, oh, the fun. It is fun.”
“We were so poor that my mother would often leave me in a foster home until she could raise enough money to rent rooms for us.”
“The money I've earned has enabled me to keep my life in my own hands. I had a terrific body, and I got paid for using it.”
“My mother was harsh and constantly told me I had jug ears and heaven knows what else. But she was devoted and a hard worker.”
“I exercise every day. I don't get up and have a cup of coffee anymore, I get up and move to get blood to my brain.”
“I'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity.”
“My life has been amazing. How many other ladies of 76 can say that the snapshot on their senior citizen's card was taken by Norman Parkinson?”
“We're all works of art in progress.”
“There's always a boyfriend. Whatever else I have to give up on, I won't give up on love.”
“I hate a man who looks dirty.”