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I considered Hef a one-woman man.
I want to keep my roots in Hollywood.
I'd like to play Vegas as a head-liner.
When I first met Hef, I was a co-ed at UCLA.
Of course, I'm not exactly the girl next door.
I look at the feminine body as a piece of art.
People are surprised that I can walk and talk.
I like nice things. I've always had nice things.
Let's face it, sightseeing can be a bore at times.
I think Jane Fonda is to be admired for her stands.
I love clothes and jewelry. I'm the fashion lady type.
My real name is Barbara Klein and I'm from Sacramento.
I'm looking for personal credibility as an entertainer.
I've lost a lot of fat and that's through weight lifting.
I have this problem where I'm never satisfied with what I do.
Hef was very protective of the women who went to the Mansion.
Actually, diamonds are a very common stone. I prefer emeralds.
The best thing is one hour of aerobics and one hour of anaerobics.
What I really want is to create a name based on my own accomplishments.
Circus lions are mean. They don't know anything about affection training.
I do two things every single day - I go running and then I do weight lifting.
One never knows when the angels are coming to get you, but everybody has to go.
With Hef it was a relationship. It's the world that made a big thing out of it.
People, whatever their profession is, have a right to fight for the right causes.
The 'Playboy' affiliation will probably stick for the rest of my life to some extent.
I know that part of my success on stage is due to the fact that I've kept myself together.
I like low-cut clothing because I am a believer that one should emphasize their best points.
I take every lesson in the book: singing, acting, guitar, piano, jazz, organ and tap-dancing.
Bill Cosby was one of the first people I met at the Mansion, shortly after I met Hef in 1968.
Most of all, I want to be known as Barbi Benton, the singer, not as Hugh Hefner's girlfriend.
I will never be Barbra Streisand, but I have done an awful lot more than what I was sent out to be.
As for those who condemn Hef, he's done a great deal for women's lib and sexual liberation as well.
I want to get past the Playboy image and really develop myself as an actress, a dancer and a singer.
You can't let fashion tell you what to do. If it doesn't look good on you you're better off without it.
I'd like to be known as something more than a girl who goes to lunch with her girl friends and goes shopping.
If it were up to me, I wouldn't have security. But Hef thinks I'm naive. He feels I'm vulnerable to kidnapping.
In 'Sugar' I'll be singing in every episode and I'll be acting and doing comedy. It's ideal for me if it works.
My young face keeps me in the running for youthful roles. If my face is going to look 22 then so should my body.
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.
Frankly my parents didn't like him. They objected to the things he stood for. Besides, daddy and Hef are the same age.
Anybody that was famous found their way to the Playboy Mansion. It was exciting for me. But I didn't know half of them!
People automatically assume that if I get anywhere it's because of my association with X, Y or Z, or because I'm pretty.
Joining 'Hee Haw' was one of of the best moves I ever made. Until then I had no television exposure except the talk shows.
I think everyone should be creative in some way, otherwise you have no self-respect. That's why I believe in women working.
Hef is boring to cook for. He likes a total of four main dishes: fried chicken, pot roast, pork roast and pork chop sandwich!
It's not that I don't have talent. I've had four gold albums in Scandinavia and they never heard of me as anything but a singer.
I buy unknown, lower-name brand jeans. I don't care about the name brands, if I look good in the jeans I don't care who made them.
There came a time when I had to decide between show business and devoting my full time to medical training. I chose show business.
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.
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.