Mae West
Mae West
Mary Jane "Mae" West was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth17 August 1893
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
funny fashion women
Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
firsts made first-time
I've been in 'Who's Who' and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary.
black-and-white world honey
I never needed Panavision and stereophonic sound to woo the world. I did it in black and white on a screen the size of a postage stamp. Honey, that's talent.
fashion sex fun
More people saw me than saw Napoleon, Lincoln and Cleopatra. I was better known than Einstein and Picasso. ... I changed the fashion of two continents. The style of the Gay Nineties became the rage ... women were trying to walk and talk like me. Women became more sex-conscious - sex was out in the open and fun.
toss choir lost
Ya know it was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.
fun next-day remember
Sometimes I don't drink so the next day I can remember having fun.
wells
Well behaved women do not make history.
husband men two
Dennis Thatcher, husband of Margaret Thatcher, when asked who wore the pants in his house, said "I do, and I also wash and iron them." I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign.
sarcastic witty humorous
I see you're a man with ideals. I better be going before you've still got them.
thinking tennessee theater
When you think about it, what other playwrights are there besides O'Neill, Tennessee and me?
men realist
men are not realists - only women are.
love-is outsiders banality
... love is banality to all outsiders.
nice ice
Ice is nice at any price.
way deeds can-do
It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.