“I Don’t Care” quotes – the Celebrity Edition

TALLULAH’S FAMOUS QUOTE: “I don’t care what they say as long as they talk about me.”        Actress Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968)        Her oft-quoted version of the old Hollywood publicity axiom

HEPBURN’S COUNTERQUOTE: “I don’t care what is written about me, so long as it isn’t true.”        Actress Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003)        The famous counterquote commonly attributed to her

TYSON’S VARIATION: “The fact is, people don’t like me. But if you’re telling me, ‘Mike, you’re a crazy motherfucker, you’re an animal,’ I’ll crack you in your fucking face...I don’t care what they do as long as they respect me.”        Boxer Mike Tyson (b. 1966)        Playboy magazine interview, November 1998

EARNHARDT’S VERSION: “I don’t care what they call me as long as I get to the bank on Monday.”        Race car driver Dale Earnhardt (1951-2001)        Commenting on the negative nicknames other drivers have called him        Quoted in the Sporting World of the Modern South (2002), by Patrick B. Miller

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