ROGER EBERT (Film critic) — “I was starting out as a film critic at just about the time Doris Day’s movie career was ending, and I was not kind to her in several reviews. Perhaps movies like “Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?” deserved to be mocked, but still — I was being a smart-ass and knocking Doris Day because, in the atmosphere of the late 60s, she was a fashionable target. Had I forgotten how much I enjoyed her in “Young at Heart,” or Please Don’t Eat the Daisies,” or “Pillow Talk,” or “Teacher’s Pet?” Later, when I went back and looked at a lot of her films, especially “Love Me or Leave Me,” I saw an enormous talent. I realized that with Day I had not followed Robert Warshow’s advice (“a man goes to the movies, the critic must be honest enough to admit he is that man.”). I had not acknowledged that I liked and admired a lot of what she had done.” (From his book “Roger Ebert’s Book of Film”) In his t.v. review of the motion picture “Down With Love” — “I don’t believe anyone will equal whatever it was that Doris Day had; she was one of a kind. Doris Day was a great star, and some day the record will be set straight on that.”
Who was inspired, excited or intrigued by Doris Day
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
