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 When I said I didn`t have a cent, I didn`t. I used to get annoyed with people who said they were broke when they had five dollars. I always wanted to be Anna May Wong. She seemed so much more exotic and exciting than plain ordinary folk. But no-go. I wasn`t fated to be Wong, just white.
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I feel now it`s useless to keep hoping. The way things are today, we live in a world that needs laughter, and I`ve decided if I can make people laugh, I`m making a more important contribution.
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It was the worst moment of my life. The producer came up and talked me back into going on stage.
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I have this beautiful antique silver wine decanter that I bought at an auction. I always pour wine from that.
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Someday I`m going to go onstage in a dress if I want to.
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I wish I had the nerve not to tip.
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If I ever completely lost my nervousness I would be frightened half to death.
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My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business.
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My dad was a ham, too. He could sell those women anything. Of all his sons, I was the only one he could trust to sell as well as he could. I was proud of that.
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I don`t always prepare such rich meals. Sometimes I`ll just serve a simple quiche, salad and dessert for dinner. During the week I try to eat lightly.
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Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household.
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I had a drag scene in Doris Day`s "Glass Bottom Boat." An elegant gown. Actually, it was more expensive than any of the ones Doris had to wear. That day that I came in fully dressed and coiffed, I was the belle of the set! Everybody went wild! Doris came over and looked me up and down and told me, `Oh, I`d never wear anything that feminine.`
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If I hadn`t become a celebrity, I`d probably be an alcoholic.
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Learning lines is on my mind until I do know them. I`ll read the paper or paint the house to keep from starting to memorize. I`ve never found an easy way.
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I was obsessed with being rich and famous.
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The dining room in my old house was truly magnificent, but by far the worst room for conversation. I`d get up from the table, a very long table, and somebody would always say, Paul, I never got to talk to you.
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My sisters said, Why do you make those faces? You make yourself so ugly.
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The whole romantic part of my life was a wipeout. I didn`t even own a belt.
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I may find something that looks interesting and then go on to alter the recipe by adding spices, things of my own. I also look for time-saving recipes, dishes that can be prepared ahead and stored.
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My following is straight. I`m so glad.
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I don`t understand why people don`t remember my name.
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I`m Liberace without a piano.
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I laughed all the way through Love Story.
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I think basically an actor is a salesman.
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I have an ulcer. It has an IQ of 185.
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I often go on a liquid fast a couple of days a week. I never take just water. Instead, I`ll have maybe six glasses of vegetable and fruit juices a day.
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Mothers don`t want to pinch me or put me in their purse.
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A room is like a stage. If you see it without lighting, it can be the coldest place in the world.
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Sandwiches are wonderful. You don`t need a spoon or a plate!
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The doctor`s name was Sylvia. I told her she`d have a problem with me because Sylvia was my mother`s name.
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My kitchen is not a place to live in. I made it white so I can tell instantly if it`s not clean-and I like it clean enough to be able to eat off the floors-or the tables, for that matter.
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I can`t even get three weeks off to have cosmetic surgery.
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A closet full of wire hangers can be the most dangerous place in the world.
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My table seats eight, so that`s my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation. Besides, your whole house doesn`t get wrecked that way.
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Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.
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Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they`ve caused all our grief. They`re so awful, they`re really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics.
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I don`t know who the hell Paul Lynde is, or why he`s funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me.
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I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.
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An actor shouldn`t undergo psychoanalysis, because there are a lot of things you`re better off not knowing.
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If I`m not working, I don`t know what to do.
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There are three subjects I`ve learned never to discuss at nudist camps: politics, religion, and tape measures.
My body may have been abused, but it certainly hasn`t been neglected.
I had a drag scene in Doris Day`s The Glass Bottom Boat (1966). An elegant gown. Actually, it was more expensive than any of the ones Doris had to wear. That day that I came in fully dressed and coiffed, I was the belle of the set! Everybody went wild! Doris came over and looked me up and down and told me, `Oh, I`d never wear anything that feminine.`
I was in `Bye Bye Birdie` on Broadway - played the father. I was in the film version, but they should have retitled it `Hello, Ann-Margret!` They cut several of my and the other actors` best scenes and shot new ones for her so she could do her teenage-sex-bombshell act.
"Sometimes, I think you`re better off not being married today. When you see your married friends split up, it`s devastating. Call it scared! Call it an obsession. But I took it for granted I was going to marry a girl I went with for nine years. That is, until I received her wedding invitation." [in 1974]
"I don`t meet enough women outside show business, and I wouldn`t marry anyone in this field." [in 1969]
I`m used to living alone, and I like it that way. You become so selfish living alone...I`d make a terrible husband anyway.
I have so many friends who were lovers. After they got married, it was over.
I don`t know who the hell Paul Lynde is or why he`s funny, and I prefer it to be a mystery to me. An actor shouldn`t undergo psychoanalysis, because there are a lot of things you`re better off not knowing.
Upon telling his family he wanted to go into show business: "My dad hit the roof and I hit the road, simultaneously."
Trivia
Portrayed the father in the original Broadway stage version of Bye Bye Birdie and reprised his role in the movie Bye Bye Birdie (1963).
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The song he sang about appearing on "Toast of the Town" (1948) (The Ed Sullivan) in the musical play "Bye Bye, Birdie" he got to sing on "Toast of the Town" (1948)!.
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In "Center Square: The Paul Lynde Story," biographers Steve Wilson and Joe Florenski lay to rest rumors that there was something odd about Lynde's death at the age of 55. Dismissing such rumors that the comedian was murdered by a hustler who robbed Lynde's house and left him dead and naked, the authors say that Lynde did die of a heart attack, as the coroner's report contended he did. Lynde expired at almost the same age as his father, who also died from a heart attack. The authors express surprise that Lynde didn't have a heart attack sooner, what with his transgressive lifestyle. Lynde was heavily into alcohol and also used drugs. He claimed to have quit these habits cold-turkey not long before his death, having been transformed by a personal event that he never revealed.
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Portrayed Mr. MacAfee in the original Broadway stage version of "Bye Bye Birdie" which opened April 14, 1960 and ran for 607 performances. He reprised the role in the film Bye Bye Birdie (1963).
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Was an accomplished cook.
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Lynde and long-term companion, Bing Davidson were staying at the Drake hotel in San Francisco, California on July 17, 1965. The two went out the next day for a good time and got very drunk. Davidson decided to show Lynde a trick and dangled off the hotel balcony by his fingers. He was slipping and Paul desperately tried to help him in, but Davidson fell to his death. They are buried next to each other in Amity Cemetery in Ohio.
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The sign proclaiming Mount Vernon, Ohio, as the birthplace of Paul Lynde was recently changed to read: "Home of Daniel Decatur Emmett, Author of [the song] `Dixie.`"
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Holds a unique place in show business history - he actually got to sing on "The Ed Sullivan Show" the song he performed nightly in the Broadway musical "Bye Bye Birdie" about the excitement of appearing on the iconic "Ed Sullivan Show".
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When he first went to New York, he lived in an apartment building that housed many other struggling actors. The building had communal kitchens, kitchens shared by all the tenants of a floor. One of the other actors in the building claimed that Lynde used to steal his food from the refrigerator. That actor was a young Marlon Brando.
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He had a weight problem that he fought to control his entire life.
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His classmates at Northwestern University included Cloris Leachman, Charlotte Rae, Charlton Heston, Martha Hyer, Patricia Neal, and Agnes Nixon.
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Explained his lifelong bachelorhood to fans (in the days before "coming out") by telling them his high-school sweetheart had broken his heart, and he was still too hurt to give other women a chance.
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Lynde left "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) in 1979, in a dispute over his salary. When tabloids ran stories claiming he had been fired for his drinking as well as on-set problems, he sued them for libel, seeking $10 million in damages.
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His older brother Cordon died in World War II.
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A fan once set up a museum full of Paul Lynde memorabilia in his home town on Mount Vernon, Ohio
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Long-time "center square" and court jester in residence on the original "The Hollywood Squares" (1965), Paul Lynde`s quips on that show are still quoted, and laughed at, to this day.
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Told his agent shortly before his death that he had given up cigarettes and alcohol.
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The coroner who examined his body said he had the heart of an 88-year-old man.
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Posthumously "outed" by Boze Hadleigh, who has written extensively about previously closeted Hollywood actors/actresses.
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Attended Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).
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