Let’s Heed The Lesson Of Norman Bates’ Mother
They say that mother knows best. Yeah, right. Just ask Antonio Banderas.
“My mother wanted me to be a banker,” the Spanish actor said. “I said, ‘Mom, look at me. I am not a bank guy.”’
Banderas was responding to a poll by Glamour magazine, which paired up stars and their mothers’ advice. Some of the others:
Fran Drescher (“The Nanny”) - “Mom said not to listen when people told me I had a strange voice. She said, ‘Your voice sounds normal to me, Frannie. I don’t know what’s the matter with the rest of the world.”’
Eddie Murphy - “I grew up in the projects, and my mother taught me that once you live there, anything is a step up. She said I shouldn’t brood. I hear her saying, ‘So your movie didn’t do well. Can you imagine working construction?”’
Loose talk
George Clooney (“ER”) on the fleeting nature of fame: “It so easily goes away. The most important thing is to understand it and know it’s going to happen, and then enjoy the ride.”
We’ve got to get out of this place because he’s an animal Eric Burdon turns 56 today.
And why don’t you ever date anyone like Norman Bates?
As for mothers, Salma Hayek’s still gets on her. “My mom’s really mad at me because I smoke cigars in public. She’s always yelling, ‘That’s something you should keep a secret. You look terrible with a cigar! It stinks you up! Your hair stinks! Your clothes stink!’ OK, Mom, OK.”
That flash you saw was really their romantic future
Despite what you may have seen, NBC newsman Stone Phillips and country music star Tanya Tucker are NOT having an affair. Sure they were arm-in-arm at the Country Music Awards, and they attended the party (where she flashed the crowd). But he’s married. Happily. Supposedly.
Like Moses, he parts the waters of politics
“Because of my public face, I can get into any congressman or senator’s office,” says Charlton Heston, elected first VP of the National Rifle Association last weekend. “The only price for that is I have to pose for photographs with their secretaries.”
Maybe she should have worn something with feathers?
When Cher criticized the outfit daughter Chastity Bono wore at the recent Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation awards, it was bound to come back at her. When Chastity prepared to appear on “Ellen,” the staff suggested she wear the same suit. “So I got to shove that in my mom’s face, which was kind of fun, because, I figured they’re professional wardrobe people, they must have some sense of style,” Bono said.
One thing we know for sure: He does have a heart
When the family of a young heart-surgery patient showed up at the boy’s doctor’s office, they met one of his other patients: Arnold Schwarzenegger. “I could tell he was still in pain,” said the boy’s mother. “But he was very, very nice. Most movie stars wouldn’t give you the time of day.”
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