And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas.
Cleo Moore

Anything I learned about the fine art of acting I learned from Hugo.
Cleo Moore

Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was nine years old.
Cleo Moore

I like to paint nudes mostly.
Cleo Moore

I like to take afternoon naps in the nude.
Cleo Moore

I'm not a very good painter, but I'm learning a lot.
Cleo Moore

It was strange what happened to me; I mean popping out like that before I was even ten.
Cleo Moore

None of the European girls, including Anita Ekberg, has anything not found on American girls as well.
Cleo Moore

One newspaper even published one of my nude paintings - the one of me naked from the waste up.
Cleo Moore

Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity.
Cleo Moore


Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I'm shouting at fights or at baseball games.
Cleo Moore

They seem to be charmed by my Southern accent.
Cleo Moore

They want a lip print for their autograph books. I'm a sport; I go along.
Cleo Moore

We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess.
Cleo Moore

You know, just because you're a blonde type doesn't mean you can't suddenly do serious parts.
Cleo Moore