Bo Derek
Bo Derek
Bo Derekis an American film and television actress, movie producer, and model perhaps best known for her breakthrough role in the 1979 film 10. The film also launched a bestselling poster for Derek in a swimsuit, and subsequently she became one of the most popular sex symbols in the 1980s. She was directed by husband John Derek in Tarzan, the Ape Man, Boleroand Ghosts Can't Do It, none of which were critically well-received. A widow since 1998, she lives with...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth20 November 1956
CityLong Beach, CA
My mother was working a lot, so she was gone often. I would leave school and hitchhike to the beach. I can't believe I hitchhiked now. It scares me to death now.
I feel so fortunate. I was brought up along the beaches in Southern California, and then got to have horses.
When you trust your director completely, then you can relax, be spontaneous, be malleable.
I travel a lot. A lot, a lot. I don't have a single passport that doesn't have extra pages on it.
I love horses. I spent seven years as a racing commissioner on a horse-racing board.
I found that whatever interested me in life, I could pretty much pick up the phone, call somebody, and all of a sudden be in the middle of it.
In California, I guess you belong to the state; you don't even belong to your parents. It's an old Spanish law. It doesn't require your parents to swear out a complaint; anybody can.
Also there is a twist to the story as I'm being haunted and driven crazy, attacked and so on. All I seem to do is run and scream and cry in every scene.