Mae West Quotes

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About Mae West

Mary Jane West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress and playwright, most commonly known as "Mae" West.

Born: August 17th, 1893

Died: November 22nd, 1980

Categories: American actresses, Playwrights, Jews, 1980s deaths, People from New York

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When women go wrong, men go right after them.
Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
Mae West
• Response to an exclamation, "Goodness! What lovely diamonds!" in Night After Night (1932). She later used Goodness had nothing to do with it as the title of her autobiography (1953).
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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.
Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
I've been in more laps than a napkin.
Beulah, Peel me a grape.
Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
I feel like a million tonight. But one at a time.
I'm the kinda girl who works for Paramount by day, and Fox all night
Between two evils, I generally like to pick the one I never tried before.
Mae West
Klondike Annie (1936) Sometimes quoted as: ''"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."'
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It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.
Why don't you come up sometime and see me? … Come on up, I'll tell your fortune.
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.
I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs.
When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity.
Mae West
• Quoted in "For Women, Monologues They Haven't Heard" by Susan Pomerance, Dramaline Publications (1985)
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To a young actor: How tall are you without your horse? Six foot, seven inches. Never mind the six feet. Let's talk about the seven inches!
When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad, I'm better.
A man in the house is worth two in the street.
One and one is two; two and two is four; and "five will get you ten" if you work it right!

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