Linda Evans

“My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him.”

“Money to me is just the biggest blessing in the world that allows me freedom.”

“I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.”

“אני אוהבת לשמח אנשים ואוכל הוא אחד הדרכים הטובות ביותר לשמח אחרים. במשך השנים נהגתי לשאול אנשים מה הם הכי אוהבים לאכול ואז למדתי להכין את זה ונהניתי לראות אך הם נותנים את הביס הראשון ומתענגים ממה שהכנתי.”

“היו לי קשרים טובים עם צלמי הפפראצי, הכרתי את שמותיהם וחיבבתי אותם. ידעתי שהם צריכים להתפרנס מעבודתם.”

“בתיכון אמרו להורים שלי שיעיפו אותי מבית הספר אם לא אצליח להתגבר על הביישנות, והם החליטו לשלוח אותי לשיעורי משחק. התביישתי אפילו לקום בכיתה. לא אהבתי את זה בכלל. רציתי להיות עקרת בית, נשואה עם ילדים. מעולם לא הייתי הופכת להיות שחקנית מבחירה אישית שלי. רציתי להיות מאחורי הקלעים.”

“Aaron Spelling went further than anyone has ever gone for television.”

“I have had work done.”

“I'm not obsessed by how I look or with being reed thin, but I do think that as a woman in my 50s, I have 40 years ahead. Looking after yourself goes hand in hand with looking good.”

“It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes.”

“I was born in Connecticut. But my parents brought my sister and I to L.A. when-Hollywood, actually, when i was 6 months old.”

“You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right.”

“I just fell in love with his music. I thought Yanni was Japanese. I didn't have any idea what a Yanni was. I just thought I was in love with a Japanese man who wrote beautiful music.”

“I played with dolls until I was 15. My mother encouraged it because my older sister got married when she was 15, so Mom thought that the longer I stayed with dolls, the better.”

“I never saved my money. Whenever I worked in the past, I would spend it on my family or my husbands.”

“I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming.”

“I no longer need to be someone's wife. I'm doing okay as I am.”

“You cry tears when a man leaves you at any age - it doesn't matter whether you are 20 or 60.”

“Nobody's got it made. Nobody, no matter what they look like.”

“I wanted to be able to go shopping without people looking to see if I really was one of the world's 10 most beautiful women. I longed to be myself.”