Top 40 Barbi Benton Quotes

It’s a hindrance in trying to get a serious acting role. The minute a producer has a script and my name comes up, they immediately think of ‘Playboy,’ ‘Hee Haw,’ ‘Fantasy Island’ and ‘Love Boat.’

It took me five years to learn how to sing.

If it were up to me, I wouldn’t have security. But Hef thinks I’m naive. He feels I’m vulnerable to kidnapping.

Let’s face it, sightseeing can be a bore at times.

One never knows when the angels are coming to get you, but everybody has to go.

What I don’t like is the way people automatically think I am a kept woman, that he pays my expenses. This puts me in a rage. I’ve always paid my own way, even while living in his mansion. I’ve kept an apartment of my own. In fact, I not only buy my own clothes, but many of Hef’s, too – he just hates to shop.

I like nice things. I’ve always had nice things.

I’m no libber. I like it when a man looks at me and treats me like a woman. I do think though, that women should get equal pay to a man doing the same thing.

Hef has always been attracted to younger women. He loves to see the world through the eyes of someone seeing it for the first time.

At 35 women are at the bottom level of middle age but we can look like we are absolutely in our prime. Even if you’re badly out of shape, you can put yourself in good shape in two years, maximum.

I was also dating someone from UCLA and also I had another suitor, Jimmy Caan. So it was between my college boyfriend, Jimmy Caan and Hef. And Hef won. Within a few months, we were exclusive.

My real name is Barbara Klein and I’m from Sacramento.

The new age disc jockeys and program directors have accepted me as a new age artist, along with Shadowfax and the rest, and they’re playing my songs.

Hef is boring to cook for. He likes a total of four main dishes: fried chicken, pot roast, pork roast and pork chop sandwich!

I do two things every single day – I go running and then I do weight lifting.

People recognized us together and our names were synonymous. Whenever you heard Barbi Benton, you think of Hugh Hefner. And I loved that. I was his girlfriend and he was my boyfriend.

Anybody that was famous found their way to the Playboy Mansion. It was exciting for me. But I didn’t know half of them!

Of course, I’m not exactly the girl next door.

I look at the feminine body as a piece of art.

Nobody thought I could do anything with a singing career… except my singing teachers, who were accustomed to hearing voices that could be transformed into something.

When he died, he took a big piece of me with him. I’m sure that every time I do something, I’ll think about having done it with Hef.

If you’re 19 and you don’t look good, it’s nature’s fault. If you’re 35 and you don’t look good, it’s your own fault.

I’m not really the star of ‘Sugar.’ I’m co-starring with two other girls, Marianne Black and Didi Carr. We play roommates in the series and we sing together professionally.

Frankly my parents didn’t like him. They objected to the things he stood for. Besides, daddy and Hef are the same age.

But I’d like to be taken seriously as a singer.

When I first met Hef, I didn’t like him at all. I thought he was too old.

Circus lions are mean. They don’t know anything about affection training.

When I was growing up, we were in a high income bracket, one of the highest. I was one of the first in high school to get a car. And I didn’t have to wait for it to be a graduation present, either. We’ve probably got one of the nicest houses in Sacramento.

People are surprised that I can walk and talk.

Actually, diamonds are a very common stone. I prefer emeralds.

I’d like to play Vegas as a head-liner.

I don’t wish to sound chauvinistic, but I feel the female body is beautiful to look at, more so than a male’s.

Most of all, I want to be known as Barbi Benton, the singer, not as Hugh Hefner’s girlfriend.

My young face keeps me in the running for youthful roles. If my face is going to look 22 then so should my body.

The best thing is one hour of aerobics and one hour of anaerobics.

I honestly think that Hef had a lot to do with women making more money and getting better jobs. He’s had a huge impact on the entire world, and I think that’s for the better.

There are some things I like that Hef likes, too. For example, Colonel Sanders’ chicken is a standby. I’ve never been able to figure out how to recreate the combination of herbs they use to flavor the crust.

One thing I love is that I don’t have a lot of people running around Hollywood saying ‘I’ve had her,’ because guys love to talk, especially about celebrities.

I take every lesson in the book: singing, acting, guitar, piano, jazz, organ and tap-dancing.

I like to perform in front of an audience.