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She was good at being inarticulately abstracted for the
same reason that midgets are good at being short.
- Clive James, on Marilyn Monroe
Her voice is a cross between Donald Duck and a Stradivarius.
- Anon. on Katharine Hepburn
'Ben Hur' - Charlton Heston throws all his punches in the first ten minutes
(three grimaces and two intonations) so that he has nothing left long before he
stumbles to the end, four hours later, and has to react to the crucifixion. (He
does make it clear, I must admit, that he disapproves of it.)
- Dwight MacDonald, on Charlton Heston
I knew right away that Rock Hudson was gay when he did not fall in love with me.
- Gina Lollogrigida, on Rock Hudson
Martin's acting is so inept that even his impersonation of a lush seems
unconvincing.
- Harry Medved, on Dean Martin
Anyone might become homosexual after seeing Glenda Jackson naked.
- Auberon Waugh
The only "ism" Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
- Dorothy Parker
He's a male chauvinistic piglet.
- Betty Friedan, on Groucho Marx
It's like kissing Hitler.
- Tony Curtis, on Marilyn Monroe
I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are
those that walk about the stage.
- Noel Coward
'The Silver Chalice' - He delivered his lines with the emotional fervor of a
conductor announcing local stops.
- 'The New Yorker' on Paul Newman
He has turned almost alarmingly blond - he's gone past platinum, he must be
plutonium; his hair is coordinated with his teeth.
- Pauline Kael, on Robert Redford
Poor little man, they made him out of lemon Jell-O and there he is. He's honest
and hardworking but he's not great.
- Adela Rogers St. John, on on Robert Redford
His favorite exercise is climbing tall people.
- Phyllis Diller, on Mickey Rooney
She has an insipid double chin, her legs are too short, and she has a slight
potbelly.
- Richard Burton, on Elizabeth Taylor
In a mere half century films have gone from silent to unspeakable.
- Doug Larson
My movies were the kind they show in prisons and on airplanes, because no-one
can leave.
- Burt Reynolds
Awards are like hemorrhoids; sooner or later every asshole gets some.
- Frederic Raphael
Jack Warner has oilcloth pockets so he can steal soup.
- Wilson Mizner
I treasure every moment that I do not see her.
- Oscar Levant, on Phyllis Diller
When it comes to acting, Joan Rivers has the range of a wart.
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