You know, Italian-Hungarian - no matter how linear and cool I look on the outside, I have all that energy trying to find its way through life. Carmen Dell'Orefice coolenergyfind Change image and share on social
I exercise every day. I don't get up and have a cup of coffee anymore, I get up and move to get blood to my brain. Carmen Dell'Orefice anymorebloodbrain Change image and share on social
I'm loath to do interviews. What comes out is generally not what I meant or thought I was saying or thought they were asking. Carmen Dell'Orefice generallyinterviewloath Change image and share on social
I'm a working woman of 80 trying to work out what the image I can project is. How I can do it with, you know, dignity. Carmen Dell'Orefice dignityimageproject Change image and share on social
I was the Kate Moss of my day, atypical of what the public wanted, which was Brigitte Bardot. I was always tall, skinny and angular. But now, society has bought 55 years of my marketing 'Carmen,' and I'm considered beautiful. I hope that empowers older women. Carmen Dell'Orefice angularatypicalbardot share on social
When you understand how to do that dance, when the photographer says, 'Hold it, do it,' and you know you're getting it right, oh, the fun. It is fun. Carmen Dell'Orefice dancefunhold Change image and share on social
I was the one who kept telling my second husband he should become a cinematographer. I paid for him to get his director's card, and he went on to make 'Godspell.' Carmen Dell'Orefice cardcinematographerdirector Change image and share on social
A lot of people around me were really staggeringly rich, which I never have been. I walked in between the raindrops of real money, but I've stayed happy. Carmen Dell'Orefice happyhavelot Change image and share on social
I think America may be growing up and accepting the fact that the bulk of life exists beyond 50. Because demographically... the vast population is over 50. Carmen Dell'Orefice acceptamericabulk Change image and share on social
My dream was to become a ballet dancer, but after a year in bed with rheumatic fever at 13, I had grown too tall, and had no muscle tone left. I tried a ballet class and couldn't even do a plie without falling over. It was my first death. Carmen Dell'Orefice balletbedclass share on social
