Mae West: Often Asked

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know that Mae West was most often asked questions about her bedroom mirrors, for instance?  
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 29 of 29 parts, the finale.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • Mae West said: “Do you know what question I’m asked the most?” • •  
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote:  Mae West said:  “It isn’t what I do, but how I do it. It isn’t what I say, but how I say it. And how I look when I do it and say it. Individuality is everything. Individuality, and enthusiasm, too.”
• • Mae West said: “Do you know what question I’m asked the most? About the mirrors on my bedroom ceiling. I say, ‘I like to see how I’m doin’. It’s the truth. It’s very exciting. You should try it.”
• • Mae West said: “The question I’m next most often asked is, am I always the Mae West everybody knows, or am I different when I’m alone? The answer is, when I’m alone, I’m the same Mae West. But you’ll have to take my word for it, cause when I’m alone, there isn’t anyone else here.”
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: After my meetings with Mae, I was asked, “Did Mae West understand about protecting her myth, or did she believe it?”  The answer to both questions is yes.
• • © 2009 Charlotte Chandler. “She Always Knew How: Mae West, a Personal Biography” was published by Pocket Books on October 1, 2009.   
• • This long and fascinating interview has now been concluded with Part 29.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.    
• • On Monday, 21 August 1944 • •

• • An article "'Catherine Was Great' but Mae West Makes Her Dull" was printed along with photos in Life Magazine (pages 71— 72) in the issue dated for Monday, 21 August 1944.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West is a little undecided about doing "I'm No Angel." Aw, go ahead, Mae! All God's chillun got wings.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "My life hasn't been any bed of roses. I never felt anything like secure until just recently. I've never felt free to get married."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • UPI mentioned Mae West.
• • A thought for the day: In the movie "Klondike Annie," Mae West said, "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before." . . .
• • Source: The Almanac from UPI; published on Tuesday, 20 August 2013
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,500 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,545th blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.

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