TÊTE-À-TÊTE WITH THE LEGENDARY PAULETTE ATTIE

 

I also enjoy making jewelry.  I mostly don’t take time to do it, but when I do, it’s a treat.  Adventures are always fun.  I find the best ones are not planned and are unexpected.  

Q: Do you follow fashion, trendy stuff, a particular diet?
PAULETTE: I enjoy looking at fashion magazines, to keep up with the latest trends, but I usually wear what’s classic and overrides trends.  My diet is semi vegetarian.

Q: What do you think of entertainers who accord so much importance to their wardrobes? Artists like Cher, Liberace, Aristide Bruant, etc...
PAULETTE: Good for them, if that’s what turns them on.  When asked how she created the role of, I believe Baby Doll in a Tennessee Williams play, Maureen Stapleton said, “Something happens to me when I put on those shoes.”  I love wearing beautiful gowns when I perform: In fact, I’ve a closet full of them.  I acquired a pair of chandelier earrings that Liberace gave to a friend.  They’ve very large, heavy, and gorgeous. I wear them whenever I can, but not when performing because they’re just too heavy.   

Q: Who are your favorites writers, poets, authors? 
PAULETTE: I’m kindly disposed to the New York Times reporters.  Most are articulate and care about content, syntax, and punctuation, thereby setting a good example for writers and readers.  Sharon Olds, a poet for today, Omar Khayyam, a poet for yesterday, William Shakespeare, a poet for all time.    

Q: The three favorite books you read in recent years?
PAULETTE: I read many books which served as references for my book, “The Seven Keys to Live a Masterful Life.”  Here are three that I especially enjoyed: 1-Essays by Albert Einstein from “The World as I See It”, 2- "Marie Curie A Life" by Susan Quinn, 3- "Singers & the Song" by Gene Lees.

 

Q: What are your favorite countries and cities?
PAULETTE:  Paris – a beautiful lady,  London – a handsome gentleman, Paramaribo, Suriname – a wild amalgam of cultures and creatures. 

Q: And your favorite hideouts?
PAULETTE: The Friars Club, the Donnell Library, A special hill in Central Park, the Universities and museums of whatever city I’m working in or visiting.

Q: And escapades?
PAULETTE:  Isn’t this a family publication? 

Q: Who do you hang out with?
PAULETTE: Lots of theatre folk, my brother and sister whenever I can.

Q: Are you a rebel or an easy going good girl?
PAULETTE: Appearances might belie it, but I’m a rebel.

Q: Have you ever rebelled against “something big”? 
PAULETTE: Yes!  Injustices in particular. 

Q: What makes Paulette Attie angry and mad?
PAULETTE:  Indifference.

Q: Do you make people mad?
PAULETTE:  I hope so, even though I don’t like it, or intend to do so. 

Q: How do you make them mad, what do you do?
PAULETTE: Break with tradition, think ahead, come up with new ideas.

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