I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
- Tab Hunter
Here, Human Being, Like, Contest
I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.
- Tab Hunter
Nine, Dean, Paul Newman, Tests
I learned denial from my mother. I just never confronted things and if anybody did, I just would go crazy.
- Tab Hunter
Denial, Anybody, Learned, Confronted
I did Polyester, and I don't regret one minute of it. It was wonderful.
- Tab Hunter
Regret, Wonderful, Did, Polyester
John Wayne treated me fine, but that macho stuff turns me off. It's not real.
- Tab Hunter
Treated, Fine, John Wayne, Macho
All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.
- Tab Hunter
Think, Happen, Wanting, Single Moment
Hollywood cools, and when it cools you have to go to where the work is. I ran off to Italy to do spaghetti westerns.
- Tab Hunter
Work, Hollywood, Spaghetti, Ran
People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.
- Tab Hunter
Disgusting, Importance, External
I turned into a workaholic to the point of where my health was in jeopardy.
- Tab Hunter
Health, Where, Turned, Jeopardy
Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.
- Tab Hunter
Guy, Great Guy, Great Sense, Hudson
I said, God, the press and people, they just really hate me and I'm really trying. Geraldine Page said, Listen to this, Tab. If people don't like you, that's their bad taste.
- Tab Hunter
Listen, Bad, Taste, Tab
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.
- Tab Hunter
Been, About, Figured, Tony
I'd work for John Waters again, because he's so off the wall.
- Tab Hunter
Work, Waters, John Waters, Wall
I wasn't an actor. They they take the externals. Here I was, a kid thrown into Hollywood with a brand-new name, starring in motion pictures.
- Tab Hunter
Motion, Here, Hollywood, Pictures
The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult.
- Tab Hunter
Learn, Doing, Difficult, Mattered
I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life.
- Tab Hunter
Life, Very, Lived
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