Looking good is hard work, as Celebrity Focus magazine (July issue)
learned when it asked some celebs how they do it. Paul Newman: ”I do 200 sit- ups a day.” Joan Collins: ”Never in my life has my face been exposed to the sun.” O.J. Simpson: ”I take a daily dose of vitamin-C crystals. It improves the skin`s elasticity and prevents it from wrinkling. Christopher Reeve: ”At my age (34), a guy has to fight getting a spare tire . . . When I`m preparing for `Superman,` I work out six times a week.” Heather Locklear: ”I get a facial every two weeks.”
When it came to women, Clark Gable said, ”It`s not a matter of `if,`
only a matter of `when.` ” Some of his other comments on women, collected in ”Gable`s Women” (Prentice Hall), by Jane Ellen Wayne, include: ”One woman is just like another.” And, referring to a photo of MGM actresses,
”I`ve had every one of them!” But the women got back at him, too, as when Ava Gardner said, ”He`s the sort of guy (that) if you say, `Hiya, Clark, how are you?` he`s stuck for an answer.” But his appeal was such that, as Joan Blondell said, ”Any woman who wasn`t attracted to him was dead.”
Virginia Madsen is one young Hollywood actress who believes in acting. Over and over again. In everything from movies to TV to student films. ”I`ve never been in a super-successful film, and that`s been good in a way. It keeps the emphasis on the process of making movies. To me that`s the best part of it. It`s fun, of course, when the film comes out and you get all the attention, but it`s secondary to making it.” The worst part of making movies is clear to her, too. ”That`s waiting to find out if you got the role that you cared so deeply about.”
REPLAYS
”If you marry, you will regret it; if you don`t marry, you will also regret it.” Soren Kierkegaard
”By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you`ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you`ll become a philosopher.” Socrates
”There are only about 20 murders a year in London, and not all are serious; some are just husbands killing their wives.” Police Commander G.H. Hatherill
