Tag: #itsinhiskissbyvickielester

September 2, 2017 /

“I’m not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.” Vivien Leigh

September 1, 2017 /

“What in the world would we do without our libraries?” Katharine Hepburn

August 31, 2017 /

“No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight of the soul.” Ingrid Bergman, wait, nope, make that Ingmar!

April 15, 2017 /

Once upon an Easter in London and Paris…

  This is what Spring looks like at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. I love-love-love this time of year here, but… When I was little girl my father had business in London for a time, so I lived there with my parents and went to a girl’s school…

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March 29, 2017 /

“My God, I think there have been more books on Marilyn Monroe than on World War 2, and there’s a great similarity. It was not easy. It was hell. But it was well worth it once you got it on the screen.” Billy Wilder

“She was an absolute genius as a comedic actress, with an extraordinary sense for comedic dialogue. It was a God-given gift. Believe me, in the last fifteen years there were ten projects that came to me, and I’d start working on them and I’d think, ‘It’s not going to work,…

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March 11, 2017 /

“Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it’s because I’m not a bitch. Maybe that’s why Joan Crawford always plays ladies.” Bette Davis

March 10, 2017 /

“Nobody can imitate me. You can always see impersonations of Katharine Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. But not me. Because I’ve always drawn on myself only.” Joan Crawford

March 9, 2017 /

“My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.” Bette Davis

March 8, 2017 /

“Until you’re known in my profession as a monster, you’re not a star.” Bette Davis

September 10, 2016 /

All I do is dream of you…

Hello! This excerpt from my novel in progress is for my friend in Seattle, Scott Parker-Anderson. I’m in a helluva good mood, because after months of being forbidden from typing (separated my shoulder joint, long story, tell ya later) I am back at the keyboard. For those of you who…

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