Mr. T Quotes

Bling is good.

You do see some outrageous things and people in Beverly Hills. I'm not always quite sure what to make of it.

Some people need sequins, others don't.

I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion.

I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.

Sometimes America gets tempted by the glitz and glamour.

The clothes were a huge part of what made 'Dynasty' fun.

I hate sequins!

Watch me, diamonds shining looking like I robbed Liberace.

All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!

I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses.

Something about glamour interested me. All my schoolbooks had drawings of women on terraces with a cocktail and a cigarette.

It is a temptation for me to wear all my rings at once.

I'll go to an event wearing some designer gown and tens of thousands of dollars in jewels that were lent to me for the night, and I'll walk around and meet people who I always thought were such a big deal.

Vegas represents the idea of America I had as a kid. The big cars, the pretty girls; everything is possible in Vegas.

I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.

I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.

I don't lead a Hollywood lifestyle.

Just because I live in L.A .and I live in Hollywood doesn't mean I have to have a Hollywood life.

I'm the kind of person who would have liked to have lived at the Plaza. I love crystal chandeliers and gold leaf, velvets and mirrors, Oriental rugs and marble.

Big girls need big diamonds.

My friends are very rich. Elizabeth Taylor sends flowers the size of the bathtub. I'm not kidding.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.

I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.