Quotes About Sharon

[Kristen]

"Can I describe Sharon?

It is unimaginable that I would be asked to do so.
Beautiful, of course, the kind that would glide into a room—not walk. Playful and funny, sweet and tender, gracious and warm-hearted.
She had haute couture hippy meets Vogue and Harper’s style, and the gorgeous body to wear Damascus brocades, Chinese silks, Indian saris, or nothing at all. A modern Goddess.

When we were in London she told me she was pregnant but that Roman didn’t know yet, and with that sweet mischievous smile on her face said she wanted to smoke one last cigarette before telling him that night.

She was the gracious hostess who included anyone she might find charming regardless of status. She was adoring and adored.
Back in Los Angeles she showed me swaths of wallpaper for the nursery—difficult to do, not knowing the sex of the baby. In that flowing chiffon paisley dress she floated in blissful readiness. Her wide, bright eyes shining in happiness.
That is what she is—always and forever—a euphoric, radiant soul, a mythical creature who comes to me in my dreams and in all our joyful, elated, and gleeful moments.

That’s Sharon."


Michelle Phillips, for the book Sharon Tate Recollection

[Kristen]

[Kristen]

"Sharon had a fragile incandescent quality that brought oxygen into the room."
--Yul Brynner

[Kristen]

"Sharon Tate?
Of course I knew her. I met her in France last year. Delicious and beguiling. Sharon had such style. I could tell she was splendid but, even more, intelligent. A rare girl, who read a lot. I wanted to meet her again in California."

--Truman Capote, 1969

[Kristen]

"So much has been written about her tragic demise that people fail to remember what a beautiful, loving creature she was in life. I had the privilege of living in her presence and being a recipient of her generous spirit. She adored Roman, and I believe that if her life had not been so cruelly taken they would have been one of the truly blessed couples in show business. It is difficult to imagine the weight that Roman has had to bear since the events of 1969. When we worked together on Pirates years later, it was obvious that the life had gone out of his inner soul."

--Ferdy Mayne, who appeared with Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski in The Fearless Vampire Killers (from a 1998 interview)

[Kristen]

"Ah, Sharon, it’s very hard to talk about her without getting a bit weepy. The word exquisite perfectly sums up this lady. Almost other-worldly, so beautiful and sensitive. But in no way wishy washy, she was smart and not taken in by the shallowness of the industry. Well grounded and natural, very much in tune with her life and very happy when I last saw her in London in 1969. A hideous tragedy her being killed and the grotesque speculation of the press. She was such an innocent and unspoilt by her success. I couldn’t recognize any of the Sharon I knew in the newspaper reports. An enormous loss. Too, too sad."

--George Harrison

[Kristen]

"I was really fond of her. She used to come to my house when my children starting going to boarding school. She was such a dear, lovely girl, modest, sincere, with a profound warmth. Blinding beauty and irresistable charm. She was very sharp, not a fool, and had a lot of insight into what happened to her."

--Leslie Caron

[Kristen]

"It wasn’t just her looks that captivated them, though her beauty was breathtaking and her mini-skirts emphasized her marvellous legs. She was among the first to flaunt these symbols of sexual freedom of the sixties. When Sharon appeared in a mini-skirt, the whole street would turn and stare, men with admiration, women with envy, elderly matrons with vitriolic disapproval, old men with nostalgic appreciation. There was far more to Sharon than a lovely face and a sexy figure, what enchanted me about her as much as anything was her immutable good nature, her natural high spirits of people and animals - of life itself. She was also a born housewife, aside from cooking like a dream, she used to cut my hair, a skill acquired from Jay Sebring. She always knew exactly what to put in so much so that I can never pack or unpack, even today, without thinking of her. "

--Roman Polanski

[Kristen]

"Sharon was young and consumed by her attendees and guardians. She was a star in the making and I watched her from a distance. She was gutsy and willing and quiet and wanting to yell aloud, I think. We flew in a small aircraft over South Carolina and she held tightly onto my hand, yet she didn’t hesitate to leap high from a trampoline and into my arms. We hung in the shade and talked about this or that or nothing with the rest of the crew ‘till it was our turn to tumble in the forsaken house in Malibu. She was a friend and we hugged."

--Dave Draper, her Don't Make Waves co-star

[Kristen]

"There was the perfection of her face, of course. And a radiance more usually found in children. There was a capacity for delight. And a directness to her comments. She was not a chatterbox. There was a kindness at the core. She somehow made her friends feel necessary and they loved her."

--Mia Farrow

[Kristen]

"Sharon Tate’s inner beauty superseded her outer beauty, if you can imagine. The loss of Sharon has been significantly painful for 42 years. We became buddies. Once in awhile she’d catch me staring at her in awe…"

Patty Duke, Valley of The Dolls co-star

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from the book Roman by Polanski 1984
Sharon was more than just stunning to look at
She wasn't naive or stupid or a cliche starlet.
What had impressed me most about her quite apart from her exceptional beauty was the sort of radience that springs from a kind and gentle nature.

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She was kindness itself to everybody and everything around her-people, animals, everything. She just didn't have a bad bone in her body. She was a unique person. It's difficult to describe her character. She was just utterly good, the kindest human being I've ever met with an extreme patience.She never had a bad temper , she was never moody. She enjoyed being a wife. The press and the public knew of her lhysical beauty but she also had a beautiful soul and this is something
only her friends knew about.

Roman Polanski in Playboy magazine DEC 1971

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Who could ever forget those huge evocative hazel almond eyes and that Mona Lisa smile? What a supreme vision she was.

Susan Strassberg

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I know I was horrible at times. I was. I really kept a tight rein on. I had to. I felt fine about Sharon being a star as long as I was close by.You cannot protect your kids, you just can't. There are twenty four hours in the day.


Doris Tate