drama is made up of what people most fear and deny in themselves. The taboos. The secrets. The devils and the demons. The only reason they let us liv…

- Elizabeth Ashley

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.

- Elizabeth Ashley

the flip side of success is fear. And fear is the devil. And success is the devil's dope.

- Elizabeth Ashley

Sex is just another real good drug ... and it can make a junkie out of you.

- Elizabeth Ashley

Because I'm a performer I can justify and sometimes sell the things about me that offend and shock the conventional world. I need to live life in the…

- Elizabeth Ashley

In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes.

- Elizabeth Ashley

All the things that are negative in me as a person - the incompetence and despair and weakness and pain - are like a gift from God in a performer. If…

- Elizabeth Ashley

People pay all that money to sit in a chair in the theater mainly because it is a respectable way to see and experience things they cannot see and ex…

- Elizabeth Ashley

The only thing I like about being an actress is acting.

- Elizabeth Ashley