Quotes from Amanda Blake

I don't go in for that big fashion routine. It's a waste of money.

I think in the summer it's a good idea to use a body lotion after your shower; bath or sunbath. If you wait until you are dried out, your skin will not only look rough, but it will feel uncomfortable too.

Being married to your best friend, that's happiness.

Well, it's like this - I hate Los Angeles and I love Phoenix.

I did the 'Gunsmoke' pilot for $250. We were all so hungry, we would have done anything.

I believe that I would not have smoked had I seen a label on a cigarette package or in a cigarette ad that said 'Warning: Cigarette smoking may cause death from heart disease, cancer or emphysema.'

Leopard coats are fantastic. But on the leopard.

It's killing for fun or profit I can't stand. There's a difference between an Eskimo killing a seal for survival and some dumb broad strolling down Fifth Avenue in a leopard coat.

Contrary to what so many think, life for the stars of Hollywood TV or movies is really quite tame. You get up at 4 A.M., arrive at the studio by and shooting starts at 8. Then you keep on working until 7:30 or 8 P.M. or even 11 at night. By the time you get back home, you're too exhausted for anything but sleep.

Western women have been a pretty tame lot - dressed in gingham dresses and consigned to hand-wringing back at the ranch, while the hero is fighting for her honor.

Gunsmoke' had been a successful radio show for many years before and I was determined to go with it on TV.

I've been playing Tarzan and Jane since I was a kid.

I'm a loner, so independent it's awful. It's one of the main reasons for the failures of my marriages.

The first really good piece I ever bought for myself was right after 'Gunsmoke' started. I couldn't wait to get my first pay check so I could buy that pinky finger ring, with diamonds and emeralds.

I like to come and go as I please which means I'm not anxious to dash back from the studio to fix dinner for a man.

My parents had a Boston terrier, but we never became friends.

I was working live TV, things like the 'My Favorite Husband' series, when I heard about this 'Gunsmoke' casting. I had been a fan of its radio show. I was a real pushy broad. I got myself all gussied up and sat in the producer's office 'til I got tested.

I always was concerned about puppy dogs and pussycats.

Frankly, I've had it with this show-business stuff. But I love 'Gunsmoke' and I love the guys I work with.

It was very unusual for anyone to be her own person in the wild West.

Africa is doing little to protect its most valuable assets, the wildlife. Some of the game wardens are poaching on the preserves they're hired to protect.

I want to keep on working. The only way they'll get me to quit is to carry me out of the studio feet first.

I like being independent, so that when I go home at night nobody says, 'What time's dinner?'

It's a good feeling to be able to help, when help is needed. That's one reason I also went into politics. But by politics I don't mean the smoke-filled room sense, but simply being active in community affairs.