25 Far Out Quotes From Angie Dickinson — Quotes OF Quote

Abhijit Mondal
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5 min readJan 14, 2023

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I dress for women and I undress for men.

— Angie Dickinson

My parents were Democrats, and I was a Democrat. And John Wayne was a Republican.

— Angie Dickinson

My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

My mother was against me being an actress — until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

— Angie Dickinson

I remember a Humphrey Bogart movie where he was a reporter, so I wanted to be a reporter, and then he was a parachutist, and I wanted to be a parachutist.

I remember a Humphrey Bogart movie where he was a reporter, so I wanted to be a reporter, and then he was a parachutist, and I wanted to be a parachutist.

— Angie Dickinson

My father, Leo Henry Brown, really was talented - he could write. He had a gift, and he had a great, sly humor.

My father, Leo Henry Brown, really was talented — he could write. He had a gift, and he had a great, sly humor.

— Angie Dickinson

When I completely submerge my sensuality or my sexuality, I'm not very interesting.

When I completely submerge my sensuality or my sexuality, I’m not very interesting.

— Angie Dickinson

I never really felt like a movie star until 'Police Woman.'

I never really felt like a movie star until ‘Police Woman.’

— Angie Dickinson

You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to go with my age. If the part requires somebody a little younger or older, I can probably get away with that.

You can’t stop the aging process. There’s only so much oil you can put on your body. I’ve always just tried to go with my age. If the part requires somebody a little younger or older, I can probably get away with that.

— Angie Dickinson

If you're only trading on looks and your body, that's only going to go so far. But that was never my bag. I was always about the whole package.

If you’re only trading on looks and your body, that’s only going to go so far. But that was never my bag. I was always about the whole package.

— Angie Dickinson

In Rio Bravo when Duke makes love to Feathers, the scene dissolves to the next morning where we see him putting on his vest and almost humming. It was subtle, but you knew what happened. Give me a towel and some blankets any day!

In Rio Bravo when Duke makes love to Feathers, the scene dissolves to the next morning where we see him putting on his vest and almost humming. It was subtle, but you knew what happened. Give me a towel and some blankets any day!

— Angie Dickinson

I have never knowingly dated a Republican.

I have never knowingly dated a Republican.

— Angie Dickinson

I didn't care about being the 'star.' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career.

I didn’t care about being the ‘star.’ I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career.

— Angie Dickinson

Without Police Woman I wouldn't have had a career. The show started about the same time the women's movement was taking off. Ours was the first prime-time one-hour show featuring a strong, professional woman. It paved the way for other series to follow.

Without Police Woman I wouldn’t have had a career. The show started about the same time the women’s movement was taking off. Ours was the first prime-time one-hour show featuring a strong, professional woman. It paved the way for other series to follow.

— Angie Dickinson

I think it was sexier when you didn't have to take it all off.

I think it was sexier when you didn’t have to take it all off.

— Angie Dickinson

Growing older doesn't bother me.

Growing older doesn’t bother me.

— Angie Dickinson

I wouldn't want to be known only as a sex symbol. I wanted to be known as an actress equally or even more so.

I wouldn’t want to be known only as a sex symbol. I wanted to be known as an actress equally or even more so.

— Angie Dickinson

I grew up going to movies. My daddy was the projectionist, so we got in for free.

I grew up going to movies. My daddy was the projectionist, so we got in for free.

— Angie Dickinson

I was 10 when I left Kulm, N.D. I had a wonderful childhood there, out playing in the mud. We moved to California then, but I still went to Catholic school, didn't grow up very sophisticated or very liberal.

I was 10 when I left Kulm, N.D. I had a wonderful childhood there, out playing in the mud. We moved to California then, but I still went to Catholic school, didn’t grow up very sophisticated or very liberal.

— Angie Dickinson

There was this one movie I really wanted to do, with Gregory Peck, 'Captain Newman, M.D.,' and Universal said, 'Well, if you want that, you're going to have to sign a seven-year contract.' And I'd already been through that. But I needed it, so I signed.

There was this one movie I really wanted to do, with Gregory Peck, ‘Captain Newman, M.D.,’ and Universal said, ‘Well, if you want that, you’re going to have to sign a seven-year contract.’ And I’d already been through that. But I needed it, so I signed.

— Angie Dickinson

When you're a TV star, you pretty much set the tone, and on 'Police Woman,' we goofed around all the time.

When you’re a TV star, you pretty much set the tone, and on ‘Police Woman,’ we goofed around all the time.

— Angie Dickinson

I never felt the need for feminism. I never felt competition with men, which I really believed started the movement.

I never felt the need for feminism. I never felt competition with men, which I really believed started the movement.

— Angie Dickinson

Betty White jokes are just not for me.

Betty White jokes are just not for me.

— Angie Dickinson

Anybody can be a drummer.

Anybody can be a drummer.

— Angie Dickinson

I used to learn my lines on the toilet, in the car, at dinner.

I used to learn my lines on the toilet, in the car, at dinner.

— Angie Dickinson

My mother raised three girls, really, pretty much on her own, and she didn't have time for play or conversation or whatever. She had to take care of a house, a business, and three kids.

My mother raised three girls, really, pretty much on her own, and she didn’t have time for play or conversation or whatever. She had to take care of a house, a business, and three kids.

— Angie Dickinson

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