#playboy interview

[zilabee]

JOHN: "Yeah, we saw those articles in the American fan mags that said, 'Those boys struggled up from the slums..."

GEORGE: "We never starved. Even Ringo hasn't."

RINGO: "Even I."

-

PLAYBOY: "Do you have any brothers or sisters, George?"

GEORGE: "I've got two brothers."

JOHN: "And no sisters to speak of."

PLAYBOY: "How about you, John?"

JOHN: "Oh, just the same. I used to have an auntie. And I had a dad whom I couldn't quite find."

RINGO: "John lived with the Mounties."

JOHN: "Yeah, the Mounties. They fed me well. No starvation."

-

PLAYBOY: "You mean you're brave enough to venture out into the streets without a bodyguard?"

RINGO: "Sure."

GEORGE: "We're always on the street. Staggering about."

RINGO: "Flogging our bodies."

GEORGE: "You catch John sleeping in the gutter occasionally."

-

GEORGE: "The shop comes to us, as he says. But sometimes we just roll into a store and buy stuff and leg out again."

PLAYBOY: "Isn't that like looking for trouble?"

PAUL: "No, we walk four times faster than the average person."

PLAYBOY: "Can you eat safely in restaurants?"

GEORGE: "Sure we can. I was there the other night."

JOHN: "Where?"

GEORGE: "Restaurants."

-

PLAYBOY: "Do you stick pretty much together off-stage?"

JOHN: "Well, yes and no. Groups like this are normally not friends, you know. They're just four people out there thrown together to make an act. There may be two of them who sort of go off and are friends, you know, but..."

GEORGE: "Just what do you mean by that?"

JOHN: "Strictly platonic, of course. But we're all rather good friends, as it happens."

-

GEORGE: "Ringo and I are getting married."

RINGO: "Oh? To whom?"

GEORGE: "To each other. But that's a thing you'd better keep a secret."

RINGO: "You better not tell anybody."

GEORGE: I mean, if we said something like that, people'd probably think we're queers.

-

Speaking with Jean Shepherd, October 28th 1964

#the beatles #john lennon #george harrison #paul mccartney #ringo starr #playboy interview #interviews

[stevienicksquotes]

I think I spent a lot of time in old churches, like a monk. I'm very comfortable around that kind of music, with that kind of creeping around, with being very quiet. My ballet teacher believes that my head was cut off in another life, too. I totally give with my body except for my neck. Even if I go to the beauty salon, I can't put my head back. They have to hold it or it will drop. The same thing happens when I dance or get a massage. It’s very weird.

Stevie Nicks, Playboy Interview, July, 1982

#stevie nicks #playboy interview #1982 #bella donna #i need this for reasons

[heartsinthebasement]

Reading the John and Yoko 1980 Playboy interview.

John sounds distressingly like a bitter arsehole. Yoko sounds mostly like she wants to murder the Patriarchy singlehandedly.

PLAYBOY: "Do you find that the clamor for a Beatles reunion has died down?"

LENNON: "Well, I heard some Beatles stuff on the radio the other day and I heard 'Green Onion' ...no, 'Glass Onion,' I don't even know my own songs! I listened to it because it was a rare track..."

PLAYBOY: "That was the one that contributed to the 'Paul McCartney is dead' uproar because of the lyric 'The walrus is Paul.'"

LENNON: "Yeah. That line was a joke, you know. That line was put in partly because I was feeling guilty because I was with Yoko, and I knew I was finally high and dry. In a perverse way, I was sort of saying to Paul, 'Here, have this crumb, have this illusion, have this stroke... because I'm leaving you.'

Fucking, ouch. I wish this interviewer had asked John why he couldn't have Yoko AND Paul in his life. Most people can fall in love and still be in a band.

None of the things John says about his relationships make a lick of emotional sense.

#john lennon #yoko ono #beatles #paul mccartney #playboy interview

[waystarresourceco]

Kieran Culkin on Roman's playboy image and the way the actors/writers understanding of backstory fits together. (x)

#thought it might be interesting to throw this out there #I think “playboy” is sometimes used in connection with Roman by Jesse/Mark in a way that can be read as a split from Kieran's view #and that's totally fair #or it can be read as consistent in that that's the image Roman works to project #which i tentatively think may be the implication for what his life looked a little like pre-series but still thinking through that #I think that's what makes Roman so interesting to watch when he's in those party environments #he's clearly good at people in a way his siblings aren't #and he knows how to be in those spaces (even if there's a discomfort with drugs and sex) #see for example how he is with Lawrence in S1 and that he knew about Rhomboid #but at the same time that's clearly not all of Roman or even an accurate reflection of his internal life #and it's unclear how frequently he actually goes out #anyway I think the point is just that Roman is interesting haha #and I think both reads support the fake playboy thing and not like...a real one lol #roman roy #succession #cast interviews #hbo succession #kieran culkin

[violent138]

Bruce Wayne, doing an interview after his secret identity got leaked: "Yes I've been operating for several years-- what? Why do you look so horrified?"

The reporter: "It's so weird hearing you speak without the Brucie voice."

Bruce:...

Bruce, changing his voice to be more amused and higher pitched: "Can we get back to the interview now?"

Reporter: "Was everything a lie?"

#obviously this is a joke if his identity got revealed one Lois Lane would be the first to get to interview him #or maybe Clark #but I think Lois #Bruce in time will come to miss the playboy persona #bruce wayne #identity shenanigans #batman #dc comics #my stupid headcanons

[yxngspider]

#destroy lonely #topfloorboss #opium #soundcloud #interview #behind the scenes #lone #playboi carti #ken carson #fyp

[jackdaw-and-hattrick]

The press went NUTS when they found out the Dick was working as a pole dancer. It was big news, and everyone wanted to know how Bruce Wayne felt about his Baby Boy working as a stripper. B was… well, he was ticked. Not at Dick, no, he was just proud of him for getting a well paying job in an area he enjoyed. No, B’s fury sat squarely on the press. Papers that had gleefully printed sexual photos and articles about him were now aghast about Dick.

See, B’s whole “playboy” cover wasn’t originally exactly Bruce’s idea. He remembered vividly as a teenager the perceived humiliation of these adults sexualizing every little thing he did and of the constant anxiety of trying and failing to control his image; the way they seemed to pounce on any tiny flaw in his appearance or behavior and the paranoia that developed after the first of many photos of him was published of him just… going about his day, paired with a big red headline blasting him for daring to be a teenager. He remembered being terrified of being seen wearing a swimsuit and refusing to eat in public. So eventually, him leaning into this sexualization as a cover story wasn’t so much because he liked it, but because he knew how eagerly everyone would eat it up.

Now here was Dick, making an informed, consensual choice about how he wanted to be perceived, and they wanted to vilify him for it. So yes, B may have flew off the handles a bit, and yes, it probably wasn’t the best move to punch a reporter, but he had fought Hell to protect his kids from what he had gone through, and that sure as fuck wasn’t going to change any time soon.

#batman #bruce wayne #dick grayson #B wears a shirt that says “sex work is real work” for a month and a half over this #thinking about child stars and the shit they go through #the press learned early on that messing with any of the Wayne children was a good way to be sued into oblivion #B is tired #he just wants to be left alone #and maybe the whole “billionaire playboy” shtick is a way to try and reclaim his public perception but that's between him and his therapist #he only even actively tried to maintain it for like a year before he realized that it didn't matter what he did #there is a reason there are so many pictures of the Wayne kids flipping off the press #when they were in med school together Harley used to threaten reporters who tried to interview her with a baseball bat #Dent personally offered to do a whole lotta liable suits as soon as he passed the bar #on a lighter note #I do think Dick would legitimately enjoy pole dancing #and it's not like he's against running around in skimpy outfits #tw sexualization of minors #tw loss of autonomy #tw mentions of anxiety and possible EDs due to trauma

[running-in-the-dark]

oh come onnn now

a while ago I was looking for one specific picture of John Larroquette in better quality and I just found the stupid magazine it's from on ebay and I'm gonna buy it and I'm so mad about it

#because it's a fucking playboy magazine #sigh #it's also the interview where he talked about the door incident so yeah man I'm buying that shit. ugh #personal

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Frank Sinatra's self-inflicted tough-guy-party-animal-Rat-Packer image was not only childish and tiresome, it belied the fact that he was well-read, thoughtful, and a committed free thinker. In this 1963 interview with Playboy magazine, Sinatra speaks frankly (sorry) about the hypocrisy and dangers of "the witch doctor in the middle"--his term for organized religion.

Playboy: All right, let's start with the most basic question there is: Are you a religious man? Do you believe in God?

Sinatra: Well, that'll do for openers. I think I can sum up my religious feelings in a couple of paragraphs. First: I believe in you and me. I'm like Albert Schweitzer and Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein in that I have a respect for life — in any form. I believe in nature, in the birds, the sea, the sky, in everything I can see or that there is real evidence for. If these things are what you mean by God, then I believe in God. But I don't believe in a personal God to whom I look for comfort or for a natural on the next roll of the dice. I'm not unmindful of man's seeming need for faith; I'm for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniel's. But to me religion is a deeply personal thing in which man and God go it alone together, without the witch doctor in the middle. The witch doctor tries to convince us that we have to ask God for help, to spell out to him what we need, even to bribe him with prayer or cash on the line. Well, I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace. And if that sounds heretical, my source is pretty good: Matthew, Five to Seven, The Sermon on the Mount.

Playboy: You haven't found any answers for yourself in organized religion?

Sinatra: There are things about organized religion which I resent. Christ is revered as the Prince of Peace, but more blood has been shed in His name than any other figure in history. You show me one step forward in the name of religion and I'll show you a hundred retrogressions. Remember, they were men of God who destroyed the educational treasures at Alexandria, who perpetrated the Inquisition in Spain, who burned the witches at Salem. Over 25,000 organized religions flourish on this planet, but the followers of each think all the others are miserably misguided and probably evil as well. In India they worship white cows, monkeys and a dip in the Ganges. The Moslems accept slavery and prepare for Allah, who promises wine and revirginated women. And witch doctors aren't just in Africa. If you look in the L.A. papers of a Sunday morning, you'll see the local variety advertising their wares like suits with two pairs of pants.

Playboy: Hasn't religious faith just as often served as a civilizing influence?

Sinatra: Remember that leering, cursing lynch mob in Little Rock reviling a meek, innocent little 12-year-old Negro girl as she tried to enroll in public school? Weren't they — or most of them — devout churchgoers? I detest the two-faced who pretend liberality but are practiced bigots in their own mean little spheres. I didn't tell my daughter whom to marry, but I'd have broken her back if she had had big eyes for a bigot. As I see it, man is a product of his conditioning, and the social forces which mold his morality and conduct — including racial prejudice — are influenced more by material things like food and economic necessities than by the fear and awe and bigotry generated by the high priests of commercialized superstition. Now don't get me wrong. I'm for decency — period. I'm for anything and everything that bodes love and consideration for my fellow man. But when lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday — cash me out.

Playboy: But aren't such spiritual hypocrites in a minority? Aren't most Americans fairly consistent in their conduct within the precepts of religious doctrine?

Sinatra: I've got no quarrel with men of decency at any level. But I can't believe that decency stems only from religion. And I can't help wondering how many public figures make avowals of religious faith to maintain an aura of respectability. Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free world must make obeisance to God or risk immediate opprobrium. Our press accurately reflects the religious nature of our society, but you'll notice that it also carries the articles and advertisements of astrology and hokey Elmer Gantry revivalists. We in America pride ourselves on freedom of the press, but every day I see, and so do you, this kind of dishonesty and distortion not only in this area but in reporting — about guys like me, for instance, which is of minor importance except to me; but also in reporting world news. How can a free people make decisions without facts? If the press reports world news as they report about me, we're in trouble.

Playboy: Are you saying that . . .

Sinatra: No, wait, let me finish. Have you thought of the chance I'm taking by speaking out this way? Can you imagine the deluge of crank letters, curses, threats and obscenities I'll receive after these remarks gain general circulation? Worse, the boycott of my records, my films, maybe a picket line at my opening at the Sands. Why? Because I've dared to say that love and decency are not necessarily concomitants of religious fervor.

Playboy: If you think you're stepping over the line, offending your public or perhaps risking economic suicide, shall we cut this off now, erase the tape and start over along more antiseptic lines?

Sinatra: No, let's let it run. I've thought this way for years, ached to say these things. Whom have I harmed by what I've said? What moral defection have I suggested? No, I don't want to chicken out now. Come on, pal, the clock's running

#Frank Sinatra #interview #religion #Playboy magazine

[turbomnstr]

#youtube #mnstrclique #soulja boy #hip hop #rapper #turbomnstr #hip hop music #underground hip hop #sodmg #soundcloud #fashion #meme #merch #movie #stardew valley #dungeon meshi #interview with the vampire #miette #cult of the lamb #cats of tumblr #spy x family #ufo #anime #kanye west #vultures #rich the kid #ty dolla $ign #playboi carti #travis scott #sports

[stevienicksquotes]

I came out the stage door the other night and a girl was crying, hysterically. I can never walk away from someone in tears, so I asked what was wrong. She said, "Will you sign my arm?" I did. The next night, she was back-with her other arm tattooed with my name! I grabbed her and told her, "Don't ever do that again. Don't ever have someone take a knife and cut into your arm with my name. It's not funny. It's stupid and I'm not happy about it." Her reaction was more tears. Another night, one of her friends asked me to sign her arm. I said, "I did that the other day and the girl went out and had her arm tat-" "Oh, she's my best friend," the girl said. So I told her, "I'm not touching your arm. And if I ever find out that you got my name tattooed on you anyway, I'll sue. Don't put that on me. That's pain. I'm not here to bring pain. I'm here to bring you out of pain." It bummed me out. I felt like I should have gone back inside, like I'd come out the wrong door.

~Stevie Nicks, Playboy Interview, July, 1982.

#stevie nicks #playboy interview #1982 #bella donna #i am not posting this because i am anti tattoos or anything i just like her storytelling don't @ me #stevie stories

[burtlancster]

I never had any objection to stripping in a film — excerpt from the biography by Minty Clinch, 1984, photo by Bruno de Monès, 1979.

#what does this mean burton stephen #his philosophy for challenging media being one of permissiveness rules tho #im still looking into but i think this was from a playboy interview #*it #quote #1979 #minty clinch cannot be that dude’s real name #minty clinch #biography

[thestarsarecool]

PLAYBOY INTERVIEW: ALLEN KLEIN

a candid conversation with the embattled managed of the beatles

Published in the November 1971 issue of Playboy Magazine

#my articles #my quotes #enjoy? #for some reason this is difficult to find online #though not THAT difficult given that I found it in like 20 mins by looking for Playboy archives rather than this interview specifically #I now have access to every Playboy ever #in case you wanted #I’ll go through looking for Beatles stuff #but I have always wanted this full thing #so here ‘tis #he talks like Trump #so I found it a little insufferable #allen klein #the beatles #beatles #john lennon #paul mccartney #george harrison #ringo starr

[saintlesbian]

god forbid a lil sheepy has a fun weekend

#pentadraws #general hospital #michael easton #josh swickard #heyyyyy so. i know i told myself i wasn't gonna go to anymore of these til i got a job #and i was kinda on the fence about going to this one in the first place #but then i had a REALLY good job interview on thursday #it went so well they hired me the same day :3 so this sheepy is now officially emPLOYED #and i thought id get a ticket to this weekend's event as a treat for myself #anyways. did the sketches on the train and did the watercolor part during the show #they signed my sketchbook and they even liked my animal print sketches so much they to pics of them #also yall remember the playboy bunny chase drawing i did right. well i gave JS a tiny print of it >:) #he liked it :D they both found it amusing so. mission accomplished #also some folks recognized me from the last fan event i went to and from the sprina fanzine! #sidenote i was really hoping the funny waitress w/ the deep voice would be there so i could draw her picture #but alas she wasn't working today... maybe next time #also i remember i gave my lunch to some homeless guy bc i was afraid i was allergic to it #tried a virgin bloody mary today and it was. very weird! #and i spent the train ride home playing pmd on my ds #also im gonna go see spiderverse and eat crepes for breakfast ttomorrow #all in all! pretty good way to end the week! #thanx 4 reading gn :P

[streetlegal1978]

The older I get the more I understand the gobbledygook bob says in his interviews most of the time I thought he was just fucking with the interviewer but now…I see…

#this is specifically about his 1966 interview with playboy #maybe I’ll elaborate later but now I don’t feel like it #my posts

[midchelle]

anybody on here who’s old is he using ‘jacking off’ in the sense I think he is. thanks.

#1980 playboy interview btw #this is the bit before he climbs up the refrigerator and copes about being under Paul’s spell #John Lennon #the Beatles #John #quotes #1980 #eighties