Quotes from Barbi Benton

I want to keep my roots in Hollywood.

I have this problem where I'm never satisfied with what I do.

Nobody thought I could do anything with a singing career... except my singing teachers, who were accustomed to hearing voices that could be transformed into something.

I think everyone should be creative in some way, otherwise you have no self-respect. That's why I believe in women working.

I'd like to be known as something more than a girl who goes to lunch with her girl friends and goes shopping.

My real name is Barbara Klein and I'm from Sacramento.

I will never be Barbra Streisand, but I have done an awful lot more than what I was sent out to be.

If it were up to me, I wouldn't have security. But Hef thinks I'm naive. He feels I'm vulnerable to kidnapping.

You can't let fashion tell you what to do. If it doesn't look good on you you're better off without it.

With Hef it was a relationship. It's the world that made a big thing out of it.

Let's face it, sightseeing can be a bore at times.

In 'Sugar' I'll be singing in every episode and I'll be acting and doing comedy. It's ideal for me if it works.

I'm not really the star of 'Sugar.' I'm co-starring with two other girls, Marianne Black and Didi Carr. We play roommates in the series and we sing together professionally.

Circus lions are mean. They don't know anything about affection training.

I like low-cut clothing because I am a believer that one should emphasize their best points.

People recognized us together and our names were synonymous. Whenever you heard Barbi Benton, you think of Hugh Hefner. And I loved that. I was his girlfriend and he was my boyfriend.

I'm looking for personal credibility as an entertainer.

Joining 'Hee Haw' was one of of the best moves I ever made. Until then I had no television exposure except the talk shows.

My singing teacher said it would take three years before I could sing well enough to be accepted as a professional. They were wrong. It took me five years.

I want to get past the Playboy image and really develop myself as an actress, a dancer and a singer.

'Playboy Magazine' has been a devil's advocate for me. Because of the image and type-casting, it's harder to convince people that I can sing. Yet, I probably wouldn't have had the chance, had it not been for Playboy.

At 35 women are at the bottom level of middle age but we can look like we are absolutely in our prime. Even if you're badly out of shape, you can put yourself in good shape in two years, maximum.

It's a hindrance in trying to get a serious acting role. The minute a producer has a script and my name comes up, they immediately think of 'Playboy,' 'Hee Haw,' 'Fantasy Island' and 'Love Boat.'

People, whatever their profession is, have a right to fight for the right causes.