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
men pet
Some of the wildest men make the best pets.
sarcastic witty freedom
I'm single because I was born that way.
funny strong-women two
A man in the house is worth two in the street.
guy tables napkins
The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin.
girl book phones
A girl in the convertible is worth five in the phone book.
thinking guy poor
Poor Mary Ann! She gave the guy an inch and now he thinks he's a ruler.
character men faces
A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty - he has suffered longer.
women feelings feels
Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings.
believe judging holocaust
I believe that one day the world will judge the witch hunt against homosexuals just as harshly as it judges the Spanish Inquisition and the Holocaust.
bed able lasts
To her British lover about to climb in bed with 80-something Mae: She said that she hoped soon to be able to say what Paul Revere said - 'The British are coming'. This was the last one-liner Mae ever uttered on film.
marriage book stories
Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers.
home sassy police
Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? (She made this remark in February 1936, at the railway station in Los Angeles upon her return from Chicago, when a Los Angeles police officer was assigned to escort her home)
love running men
Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.
hem littles way
[On the metaphysical:] ... I knew in some marvelous way I had touched the hem of the unknown. And being me, I wanted to lift that hemline a little bit more.