(Her explanation for bringing excess luggage to London in 1969 for her year long stint on stage as `Mame`) "I believe in dressing for the occasion. There`s a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz. As for the little touches, well, a year is quite a long time and they make one feel at home."
- Ginger Rogers(On playing "Vera Charles" in Mame (1974)) You know, the real name of this show is "Vera". The only reason they changed the name was because Jerry (lyricist Jerry Herman) couldn`t think of a rhyme for it. Stephen Sondheim could have.
- Bea Arthur