By Ronald Constantino
SHORT AND SWEET – “Let’s get physical!” (thanks to Boze Hadleigh’s “Hollywood Babble On”) turns short and sweet.
Paul Newman is a little paunchy, even though he doesn’t eat desserts. Popcorn’s his desserts – one of them. – ROCK HUDSON
Have you seen Robert Redford lately? He looks like the proverbial sun worshipper who’s changed into a lizard. That skin! And in close-up yet! – KLAUS KINSKI
Katharine Hepburn sounds more and more like Donald Duck. – LIBERACE
The bland leading lady blonde – ROBERT MORLEY on Kim Basinger
Catherine Deneuve told me that in your forties you have to choose between your face and your derriere. – LAUREN HUTTON
Alcohol does things to your face and skin. You don’t gate away scot-free. Pretense is futile. Look at Tallulah Bankhead. Or me. – GERALDINE PAGE
Alec Baldwin is this big new alleged sex symbol. But he has eyes like a weasel! He makes Clint Eastwood look like a flirt. – SANDY DENNIS
Elvis Presley wound up looking on the outside like what he always was on the inside – and overrated slob. – JOAN BLONDELL
Kathryn Grayson not only kept her figure, she’s added so much to it. – BOB FOSSE
Beautiful women are not funny. Can you feature Grace Kelly as a comedienne? – PHYLLIS DILLER
Tom Cruise is plastic. He’s cute, all right, but it’s surface. That’s not even his real name. It’s all façade, but beautifully packaged, so he’s a star. – JOHNNIE RAY
Rob Lowe really is. I used to think his talent lay in his face, but apparently it is much lower than that. – KINSKI (again)
Albert Finney was a big talent. Now he’s just big. – GEORGE ROSE
John Travolta looks like a combination of Rudolph Valentino, with that vaselined hair, Kirk Douglas, with that dimple in his chin, and a street hustler. – GERARD DEPARDIEU
