- George Hamilton: Valerie's always had an infectious kind of spirit. And... those eyes, you know, they're dangerous. You could drown in them. It's the most amazing eyes I've ever seen.
- Jeff Bridges: A sense of fun and play. She was excited about life and excited where she was. You know, it was kind of a contagious feeling.
- Jeff Bridges: All the time she spent being a show girl in Vegas, growing up in a military family, you know, traveling all over the world, made really a interesting person; and, as an actress she had the ability to bring all that into her performances.
- Valerie Perrine: I had a nice body and I knew that men stared at me and that gave me lots of encouragement.
- Valerie Perrine: When I think back on my life, I think of myself as a showgirl, not as a movie actress.
- Valerie Perrine: They wanted girls to audition for the role of Montana Wildhack in "Slaughterhouse-Five" with - a two-piece bathing suit or bikini. And I had just spent time in the south of France and I didn't own a two-piece bathing suit. I had - it was all one thing. You wore a bottom and that was it. So, I did the audition with just my bottom on. George said I was the only girl that didn't stand there like this
- [arches her back]
- Valerie Perrine: trying to look busty or - I just stood there with my boobs hanging out and talked and did my thing. And - he liked that.
- David Ladd: I actually asked her at the time, I said, "How did you get this role?" And she said, "Well, they were looking for somebody who basically had no inhibitions about performing - topless." And that was the start of Valerie Perrine, the actress.
- William McNamara: That movie "Lenny" had a huge impact on me. I'll never forget the scene where she was on the payphone and, she was very spontaneous, she was able to sort of break down crying. And I said, "How do you do that? How do you just spontaneously, when the camera's rolling, like - have tears?" And she was, "Oh, that's easy." I said, "It is?" And she goes, "Yes." She goes, "I just - think about my life."
- Angie Dickinson: For a woman as beautiful as she was, she was a terrific actress and - I envied that. I didn't envy the women who weren't beautiful that were great actresses. I envied the ones who were beautiful and also - really could act.
- Howard Hesseman: Her willingness to reveal herself, exhibit herself, to the public in a time and place where that wasn't done, was an extraordinarily courageous move.
- Valerie Perrine: The doctors don't know what's going on with me. They can't figure out what it is.
- Interviewer: What do you think it is?
- Valerie Perrine: Karma.