You can't let fashion tell you what to do. If it doesn't look good on you you're better off without it.
What I don't like is the way people automatically think I am a kept woman, that he pays my expenses. This puts me in a rage. I've always paid my own way, even while living in his mansion. I've kept an apartment of my own. In fact, I not only buy my own clothes, but many of Hef's, too - he just hates to shop.
When I first came to Southern California I enrolled at UCLA in pre-med. My fathers a doctor. But the sight of blood turns me off, so I began doing television commercials.
I like low-cut clothing because I am a believer that one should emphasize their best points.
The best thing is one hour of aerobics and one hour of anaerobics.
When we first dated, I would not go home with Hef, so the only way that he could see me was by taking me out. We went out quite a bit.
Anybody that was famous found their way to the Playboy Mansion. It was exciting for me. But I didn't know half of them!
My singing teacher said it would take three years before I could sing well enough to be accepted as a professional. They were wrong. It took me five years.
I don't wish to sound chauvinistic, but I feel the female body is beautiful to look at, more so than a male's.
If it were up to me, I wouldn't have security. But Hef thinks I'm naive. He feels I'm vulnerable to kidnapping.
I like nice things. I've always had nice things.
My real name is Barbara Klein and I'm from Sacramento.
People automatically assume that if I get anywhere it's because of my association with X, Y or Z, or because I'm pretty.
I was studying pre-med at UCLA when I decided show business was for me, and the best way to make it was in music. I had just one problem. I was tone deaf.
Bill Cosby was one of the first people I met at the Mansion, shortly after I met Hef in 1968.
Circus lions are mean. They don't know anything about affection training.
I honestly think that Hef had a lot to do with women making more money and getting better jobs. He's had a huge impact on the entire world, and I think that's for the better.
I was also dating someone from UCLA and also I had another suitor, Jimmy Caan. So it was between my college boyfriend, Jimmy Caan and Hef. And Hef won. Within a few months, we were exclusive.
When he died, he took a big piece of me with him. I'm sure that every time I do something, I'll think about having done it with Hef.
Hef was very protective of the women who went to the Mansion.
