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think many people outside Hollywood don ’ t realize what a grind wage for every person , health care as a right and not a privilege , making a motion picture can be . humans would have greater rights than corporations , and there
Q : Of all your films , which is your favorite and who is your favorite would be intense concentration on the creation of a Gross co-star ???
National Happiness Index such as they have in Bhutan . The following morning I ’ d think of something else .
MVD : I really love all my films in the way you love all your children . I ’ m very fond of the teenage juvenile delinquent Q : In 1959 you filmed The Big Operator and the following movies like Untamed Youth and High School Confidential . I loved year 1960 you did one of my favorites , Adam And Eve ... both playing bad girls and I loved rock and roll . I was the first woman with Mickey Rooney ... who just passed on April 7th , 2014 ... to perform rock and roll on the big screen , much to the chagrin What will you share with the grieving world after losing one of of my then-husband , Ray Anthony , who was a big band leader . Hollywood ’ s all-time greats ??? Favorite co-star ? Who else but Clark Gable in Teacher ’ s Pet . MVD : Mickey Rooney was a unique and irreplaceable Hollywood
Q : Would you care to share a story or so about Rock star . He had a brilliant mind and a photographic memory . He
Hudson ??? would page through a script once and say , “ Okay , let ’ s shoot it .” It could be frustrating for some actors doing scenes with him ,
MVD : All my Rock Hudson stories are in Playing the Field , because he rewrote his lines as he went along . I found Mickey ’ s available on Amazon . Rock was amazing in many ways . He was a huge movie star , and remained so throughout his life . The fact that he was gay was the best kept secret in Hollywood , though you can read in Playing the Field how un-gay he behaved on the night he escorted me to the Golden Globe Awards . His death , however , was sad and , in a way , a betrayal of the gay community . Though it was clear to everyone he was dying of HIV AIDS , he took the secret to his grave .
Q : You are magic , Mamie ! Is it something you eat or drink ??? ... Do you have a secret regimentation , a guru , a genie in the bottle ??? Where does all this magic come from ???
MVD : PFM . I take good care of myself . I don ’ t drink accept maybe a beer before dinner occasionally . I have never smoked , and I ’ ve never liked drugs aside from a very occasional toke . I get lots of sleep , take naps , have a protein shake every morning . And I do whatever the fuck I want to do .
Q : If you ever decided to unleash all of that power and authority , what might the world be seeing in tomorrow ’ s headlines ???
MVD : If I could change the world tomorrow morning there would be peace , enough food for everyone ( there is enough now ; it ’ s just not distributed properly ), a living
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