"Since VCRs came in, I get a lot more fan mail than I did when I was a movie star. A lot of it is sort of funny because they're mash notes from fourteen, fifteen year old girls who think you just made the picture last year." -
Gene Kelly, on the set of
That's Entertainment III in 1993.
Java, I love his use of the term "mash notes" --that really dates a person! Me too, I guess, because I know what it means!
ReplyDeleteI love this quote, but how could these girls not realize how old the movies were? It's hilarious!
ReplyDeleteBecky,
ReplyDelete"Mash notes" is exactly what drew me to that quote.:)
KC,
I haven't the vaguest idea, but I understand having a crush on a star who turns out to be older than my granddad or long dead. At least they have good taste.