Perkins Quotes

In the 50s, when me and Natalie Wood and James Dean and Nick Adams and Tony Perkins (Anthony Perkins) suddenly arrived... God, it was a whole group of us that sort of felt like that earlier group - the John Barrymores, Errol Flynns, Sinatras, Clifts - were a little farther out than we were... So we tried to emulate that lifestyle. For instance, once Natalie and I decided we`d have an orgy. And Natalie says "O.K., but we have to have a champagne bath." So we filled the bathtub full of champagne. Natalie takes off her clothes, sits down in the champagne, starts screaming. We take her to the emergency hospital. That was *our* orgy, you understand?

A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let`s get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life.

Perkins wasn`t running as hard as he could run, and we put Hall in. Hall lays it on the ground twice, once on a pass and once on a run. So you go to your next one - Jamie Fordham. Jamie did a fine job. He ran the ball hard. That`s just the way it is. If somebody`s not getting the job done you go to the next one.

On her Psycho (1960) co-star, the late Anthony Perkins: To me, he was a leading man. But to the rest of the world, he`ll always be `Norman Bates.` People just wouldn`t let him be anything else.

She kind of reminds one of Helen. There`s something very similar about Elizabeth Perkins.

I loved Carl Perkins, Jerry lee Lewis... not only were they personal friends.

I am a cross between Carl Perkins and Led Zeppelin.

I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do.

I think I`m telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn`t know he was our coach and I didn`t either.

However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition is rising and will continue to rise as the administration`s policies force inflation.

It`s a good place to work. It`s a different environment than old Perkins. Just having more space has a huge effect.