The public has become my fairy godmother.
I used to teach dance lessons.
Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.
I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.
Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn't supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat.
I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly.
I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away.
Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don't know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.
You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
Eartha Mae is very shy. She's scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection. Relationships can be rather uncomfortable for her. But, as Eartha Kitt, it's fine. I can accept and reject any time I want to. Do I ever reject? Not really. Although people think I do!
I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.
I love men and I like to get their attention.
I was considered an ugly duckling.
The audience has always been my best director.
I love to tease men with my legs.
This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
I have to keep testing myself.
