Quotes from Amanda Blake

Don't ever call the 'bush' the jungle. That marks you as a rank beginner.

I absolutely love to work and when they asked me to appear on 'Edge of Night' I thought it would be great fun.

I don't want to be a reasonable facsimile of anyone.

I refuse to grow old. You can think yourself into any age. There are days when I feel 195.

A great deal of my energy is directed toward battling the Los Angeles Animal Regulation Department.

Being married, having children, a home and being happy. Without these things, nothing else matters.

Once I reported for a dramatic lesson. The coach looked at me and said, 'Amanda, can't you part your hair some other way? It makes you look too much like someone else on the lot.' I rushed home and parted my hair in the middle and have ever since. I even wore it tied up in a big bun in back.

If you want to go without hose, you should have a razor as handy as your tooth brush. But suntan your legs, if you are not wearing stockings.

I hate flying. I sit back and squirm.

With Red Skelton, you could fall flat on your face and he'd do his sketch around it.

Jewelry doesn't give me a sense of security or anything like that I just think it's beautiful.

Fear can be a killer.

I gave up my fur coats years ago - what an ego trip, walking around wearing cut-up animals. Besides, fur coats don't last. I'd rather have diamonds.

I love poking and looking for things for the house, so I make a great many trips to Mexico.

It used to take us six days to film an hour of 'Gunsmoke.' But I didn't mind the fast pace of soap opera work. It was nice being able to shoot scenes in sequence. We couldn't do that on 'Gunsmoke.'

I see red only twice - when I took in the mirror and when I read that I'm a second Greer Garson.

More than anything, I wanted the role of Kitty Russell, even though some people couldn't see me as that character.

When my doctor told me I had cancer of the mouth, I didn't believe it. I had never even heard of cancer of the mouth, yet I had it.

You mustn't forget that the face is only part of the picture. Most women center too much attention on the face and too little on the figure.

My first two years, with Metro, were quite unproductive. Then I had a year at Columbia that was a complete disaster.

I was commuting between Hollywood and Phoenix. It wasn't unusual for me to fly between the two cities two or three times a week.

There was the usual summer stock, the New England tours and then I started doing all kinds of roles for CBS after moving to California.

I had never been much for outdoor activities.

I feel that I have my own personality and I don't want to be typed as anyone else.