Joey Heatherton
When I tried out for cheerleader, they sneered, 'You're too good, kid,' and put me in the high-kick line instead. It was pure jealousy, if you ask me.Collection: Jealousy
I looked 18 when I was 13.
I want to be on the big stage. Broadway. I was there before.
The 'Hullabaloo' spot established me as a variety performer.
I can't help the way I look. What am I supposed to do, put a plastic bag over my head?
My parents were dead set against my becoming a professional performer before I finished college. They felt the most important thing a girl can have in any career is education.
I've had some life, and it got pretty accelerated, really quite exciting but very dangerous.
Our family is very close and since I'm not one for cooking or answering alarm clocks on the first ring, I depend on mother.
Dad always wanted me to be a boy.
I think the prettiest play in football is the pass.
I believe in theatrics, and I believe in show biz.
I don't have a special diet.
Maybe it's psychosomatic, but I think if I eat well, I'll sing or dance well.
I eat what I want, usually one meal In the daytime and one at night.
Once when I was making a picture in Hollywood, one of the directors who was a health addict was always trying to got me to eat organic bread, tiger milk and yoghurt, I must say the only thing I liked was the strawberry yoghurt.
I'll crumble off a little tuna on a plate, sprinkle with lemon and spear the pieces with colorful toothpicks, so it looks festive and appetizing.
I like to get the audience involved in my act by walking among the tables and getting people to ask me questions.
The first thing I do in the morning is get a couple of cups of coffee down my throat to get my heart started. Then, if the weather is pleasant, I jog as much as five miles, if I feel up to it.
I make sure that I work out on the mat and the trapeze. That helps tone the legs and arms. Following that, I may lift some 5- or 10-pound weights. That's good for maintaining a nice round figure, if you know what I mean.
I love my music. It gets written by some very great writers.
I love my audiences.
I don't approve of any of kind of violence, but I'll always support my country.
Violence and disrespect for your country are going to get you nowhere.
I like Los Angeles. I've been able to do a lot there - swim, ski, go riding. But California isn't very stimulating.
I like New York because of the fast tempo there.
I like working with my father.
Once in awhile, for a special occasion, I get really dressed up, but that kind of an occasion doesn't happen very often. So I don't really need much besides jeans.
I love to work.
I just love to perform. It's my life.
I don't think anyone is ever past the stage of learning.
That's what New York is all about, pulling together.
I can't draw right or left-handed!
Show business is in my blood.
I never wanted to do anything but get into show biz. But believe me, success didn't come overnight. And I shed a lot of tears - like in school, when all the other kids in class made fun of me. They just hated me because I could sing and dance.
During my first tour of Vietnam, John Steinbeck and his wife were there and we had Christmas dinner together.
In the past my career emphasized variety, singing, dancing and only some acting.
In 'Of Mice And Men' I play a straight dramatic role and I'm the only female in the play.
People forget I'm an actress.
I wanted to be in show business before I could get out of my crib.
My mother was a dancer and my first ambition was to dance, but now that I've had some acting experience I want to become a very good actress.
I really work at a part to do it to the best of my ability. And I'm studying acting as well as keeping up with my singing and dancing lessons.
I was born Davenie Johanna Heatherton, but my name was abbreviated for practical purposes.
When I started making movies, they tried to change my name, but I had already made a name for myself in a couple of Broadway productions and in television, so I wouldn't change it.
I never talk money.
Just making people feel good, that's what I try to do. I love it, I love it!
A lot of people think of me only as a cute, sexy blonde.
I'm not just Joey. I'm a performer. I can sing, dance and I can act.
Few people remember that I played a nun in the Broadway musical, 'the Sound of Music.'
Bob Fosse, the choreographer. is a very, very good friend. He has helped me enormously.
If ever remarry, it won't be for kicks. Marriage is too special.