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
Having a horse is a huge responsibility, so people should be very careful before they consider getting one.
I think a high school girl hitchhiking is stupid. It was dangerous then and it's dangerous now.
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.
When you trust your director completely, then you can relax, be spontaneous, be malleable.
I hate to run. I never, ever run.
I grew up on the beaches, and I always found it kind of funny that it's considered decent if you cover three tiny spots with pieces of fabric.
I think a lot of my girlfriends growing up gave themselves up to any boy who paid attention to them. I think young women now are a lot more particular. They pick and choose.
I love horses. I spent seven years as a racing commissioner on a horse-racing board.
Horses are a symbol of America and can be marketed that way overseas.
Laws exist in every state that make animal cruelty a crime. Horse slaughter is simply another form of animal abuse.
It's been very nice. I haven't gotten out too much because we've been working a lot but other wise the people have been very nice and I've had a good time.
Probably some of the projects I chose to do after that had more to do with what people thought of me. The industry was very open and probably hoping that I could do anything.
There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures.