Martini Quotes

Recalling his father winning a gold medal in rowing at the 1948 Olympics in London: He was in a coxless pair with a man called Jack Wilson. I`ve got a fantastic picture on my desk of the two of them getting their medals on a pontoon at Henley. I imagine they were playing the national anthem and my dad is very rigid, `this is the way to behave`, and Jack Wilson is loose and groovy and looks like he should be mixing a martini. I sometimes wished my father could take that pleasure in himself.

"I don`t think I`ve drunk one since I`ve left the Bond movies. Every bar you go in, there`s always some wisecrack, `Oh, yours will be a Martini, shaken, not stirred!` You get sick and tired of that." - talking about all of the vodka martinis he would get whenever he walked into a bar, while he was playing Bond.

When I did Vampire`s Kiss, I got so wound up. It was so important to me that this vision I had of Peter Lowe`s character get on film exactly the way that I wanted it, that I frankly don`t think I was very easy for anyone to live with. Certainly, I was not easy for myself to live with. I remember that I wasn`t drinking or anything at the time. One night I felt so wound up that I was about to snap. I ordered a martini. And I just relaxed, and I could tell my body really needed a rest. From then on, I learned you can do good work without torturing yourself.

That`s right! That`s right! We know the best feeling in the world is the one between the second and third martini. That was my deal. I just enjoyed who I became when I was drinking, so that was something hard to break. I became much quieter, and funny. I must say, that kind of thing came out.

Knowing me, I`d probably end up at a bar, asking some guy to get me another martini. Still bleaching my hair at 59. (her response to what she thinks she`ll be like when she`s old.)

It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.

(on staying sane and happy) "Dogs tether you to the earth in some really good way. And exercise, of course. And martinis. And sexy high heels. That`s it. Good work, a nice pair of heels, a martini, a dog and a man - not necessarily in that order." - as quoted in the magazine Living Fit

On why she called everyone "dahling": "Because all my life I`ve been terrible at remembering people`s names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was actually Olive."

When preparing the regular menu, you consider the wine. With the bar menu, you have mixed drinks. That requires an easy style, relaxed food that will go with a martini or a beer.