Paul O'Grady - I don't go for glamour roles....

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity. Marilyn Monroe

Beauty Glamour Like Although Real Femininity Contrived Cannot Ageless Manufacturers Based

European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The experience changed the way people referred to the glamour of battle; they treated it no longer as a positive quality but as a dangerous illusion. Virginia Postrel

Positive War Quality Experience Battle People World Dangerous Vision Illusion Changed Trenches Way Only Glamorous Glamour Longer Shattered Referred Began Nations Psychologically Realities European European Nations Treated World War World War I

I'm not a glamour boy, and I never get the girl. I like to play old people, because there's something to them. Did you ever see anybody under 30 with any real character or expression in his face? Walter Brennan

Character You People Old Face Girl See Something Never Glamour Like Because Boy Real Real Character His Get Did Any Anybody Them Old People Expression Ever Play

My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour! Anne Baxter

Frank Frank Lloyd Wright Wedding Wright Glamour Red His Wore Grandfather Night

Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated. Kate Winslet

Me About Remaining Glamour Understated Graceful

The elements that create glamour are not specific styles - bias-cut gowns or lacquered furniture - but more general qualities: grace, mystery, transcendence. To the right audience, Halle Berry is more glamorous commanding the elements as Storm in the X-Men movies than she is walking the red carpet in a designer gown. Virginia Postrel

Grace Furniture Carpet Berry General More Mystery Glamorous Glamour Red Red Carpet Qualities She Halle Halle Berry Styles Audience Commanding Gown Walking Than Storm Movies Create Elements Specific Right Designer

People shouldn't look at me and think life is one big piece of glamour. That's the marketing, the spin. Life is challenging. But I have courage, strength, and enough good health to see the positive. Carmen Dell'Orefice

Positive Life Health Good Strength Good Health Me Courage People Big Think Enough Marketing Spin See Glamour Look Piece Challenging

I've got no interest in football. My brother's a footballer, too, and I was dragged to the freezing pitch every week as a child. I don't see much glamour in it. Abbey Clancy

Every Too Brother See No Interest Week Glamour Football Footballer Freezing Got Child Pitch Interest Much Dragged

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