Everybody thinks I’m at death’s door, but I’m not. There’s nothing seriously wrong with me, and my heart is in 100 percent working order. Anything else you may hear is a damn lie!
Meaning of the quote
People may think I'm very sick and close to dying, but that's not true. I'm actually perfectly healthy, and my heart is working just fine. Anything else you hear about my health being bad is a complete lie.
About Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin was a talented American musician and actor who rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s. He performed a wide range of music genres, from jazz and pop to rock and roll, and won a Golden Globe for his acting debut. Darin’s life was marked by tragic events, including the revelation that the woman he thought was his sister was actually his mother.
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Mr. Burns comes out and flips cigar ashes on his shoes, and makes up about 90 percent of what you hear.
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A group or an artist shouldn’t get his money until his boss gets his.
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I want to make it faster than anyone has ever made it before. I’d like to be a legend by the time I’m 25.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I’m a singer who moves like a dancer.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
My whole life has been a lie.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I don’t know what it is to love the way they love-they would jump off a bridge for me. I can’t do that. I can only say, I owe you.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I am now a turtle. Virtually everything I own is on my back and suffice it to say I am one ton lighter and therefore 2,000 pounds happier. All houses are gone.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
George Burns was the father I never had.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
You’re either sexy or you’re not. I’m very self-conscious about my physiognomy.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
The sex element is the most important in the business. You must sell sex.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I realized that I needed to be anonymous on the street and somebody else on the stage. I had tried to put my street self on the stage, but what they want is an actor on stage.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
It isn’t true that you live only once. You only die once. You live lots of times, if you know how.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
Just call me a family man and an actor who digs his whole scene, side interests and all. Just say I feel mighty good at the ripe old age of 27.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I don’t want to be able to see the audience.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
My goal is to be remembered as a human being and as a great performer.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
Maybe I should quit the business. There’s no one left for me to love. Mama’s dead. Mr. Burns couldn’t care less about me. What’s left?
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
Everybody thinks I’m at death’s door, but I’m not. There’s nothing seriously wrong with me, and my heart is in 100 percent working order. Anything else you may hear is a damn lie!
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
This marriage is no one’s business but our own.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn’t do another film for two to three years, and I don’t blame it on anybody but myself.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
Show me any top entertainer or top business executive, and I’ll show you a guy who has mapped out his life from the very start.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
It was as though all my hostilities, anxieties, and conflicts were in one ball that was flying away into space, farther from me all the time, leaving me content with myself.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I think Flip Wilson is a brillant comedian.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
Sure my career means a hell of a lot, but it will never come before Sandy and my son.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
When I come out and sing the first few bars of Bill Bailey, it’s very exciting.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
Everybody, sooner or later, will have to go under the knife. Let’s hope they make out as well as I did.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I dazzle you with that footwork.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I drilled holes in the floor of the club, and it’s sinking.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
Any fool knows that bravado is always a cover-up for insecurity. That’s the truth. And on that note, I’ll say goodnight. God love you.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
My philosophy is to take one day at a time. I don’t worry about the future. Tomorrow is even out of sight for me.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I’m more married to Sandy now than when we were married with the legal document. We’re still married as parents.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I want to do drama, light comedy, the whole range.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
The Democratic Party of California is ready to sponsor me. All I have to do is find the right office to run for.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I don’t care if I never do another TV show in my life.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
Mr. Burns is a father symbol to me, and you can omit the word symbol.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
Nearly everything I do is part of a master plan to make me the most important entertainer in the world.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
A comedian’s body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
There are certain times I don’t want my picture taken. If my wife’s stepping out of a car and it looks like it’s going to come out an indecent picture, don’t I have a right to object?
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
My entire life has been a lie.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn’t mean beans.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I’ve done a lot of things and I’ve been a lot of people, but now I’ve come to realize who I am.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
Who am I that I have to sing under an umbrella? These people are my fans, and if they can stand in the rain to hear me sing, I can stand in the rain.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
It happens to the best of them. You lay off singing and your throat gets out of practice. No excuses. I blew it.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
I had these shoes made and 2 to 3 inch lifts inside and the heel was another 2 and half inches. I walked around that way, wherever I could without falling over.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
My family comes first. Maybe that’s what makes me different from other guys.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)
If you don’t try, if you don’t do something for yourself, you won’t get anywhere.
American singer and actor (1936-1973)