Kate O'Mara Quotes
Why should anyone be interested in my life? It's the prurience I find so extraordinary. Why, why, oh why should my private life be of any interest to the public? The only people who should be interested are my friends.
O'Mara, Kate. Vamp Until Ready. Robson Books, 2003.
Most politicians and their families do not consider these as unimportant and many resent the endless intrusion into these aspects of life. Mrs. Roosevelt did so it was no problem for her—she even wrote about them in her daily newspaper column. All her family doings were completely open as were her political and administrative and professional activities. She welcomed press to accompany her anywhere whenever they wanted. Her view of her private domain was her private thoughts. This was a great attitude to have for a politicians, but it is rare.
Kate O'Mara was an English film, stage and television actress, and writer. O'Mara made her stage debut in a 1963 production of The Merchant of Venice. Her other stage roles included Elvira in Blithe Spirit (1974), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (1982), Cleopatra in Antony & Cleopatra (1982), Goneril in King Lear (1987) and Marlene Dietrich in Lunch with Marlene (2008).