1930s Quote by Hugh Hefner

I was influenced growing up by everything from Harlequin romances to Fedor Dostoyevsky and Albert Camus, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and later Lydia Davis,…

— Danzy Senna

The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.

— Rachel Roy

My influences were Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce.

— David Steinberg

I'm influenced by those '40s, '50s, and '60s films: things like 'The Apartment' - I was a big fan of Billy Wilder.

— Ricky Gervais

I was a great fan of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy; they always inspired me.

— Priyadarshan

When I went blond it was a very different time in my life, in terms of what I was doing and who I was…

— Maisie Peters

I loved the masculine style of dressing of Katharine Hepburn, who came from the same town that I came from. I was fascinated by…

— Polly Allen Mellen

Because of my comedic-influence growing up, Mel Brooks, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin… A lot of Jeff comedic-influences included Charlie Chaplin and physical comedians of…

— J. Robert Spencer

One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.

— Rebecca Hall

I always took myself really seriously in my 20s and needed everyone to know that I wasn't a spoiled blond actress.

— Erin Foster

I danced with Marilyn Monroe in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.'

— Robert Fuller

My first wife was a brunette, and Barbi Benton, my major romantic relationship of the early 1970s, was a brunette. But since the end…

— Hugh Hefner