Some Women Like Bad Men, Others Like Nice

Dynasty star Linda Evans responds to a man who is "gentle and has compassion. And if he has a cleft in his chin, that's OK, too." Her Dynasty rival Joan Collins says: "I just base everything on the premise that all men are basically seven years old. That sounds cynical but it isn't really. I do think men are much more like little boys than women are like little girls."
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She adds, "A man who can make me laugh has a chance of winning my heart." Sophia Loren gave up debonair film star Cary Grant to marry Carlo Ponti, more than 20 years older and several inches shorter than herself. They have stayed married for more than 30 years. Says Sophia: "Ponti protects me. With hardly a word between us, he knows exactly how I feel and why I feel it. Cary was a different dream-- a fairy-tale. It was the difference between moonlight and sunshine. Carlo is sunshine." She finds Ponti's gentle wooing sexy. "I like things to happen with plenty of ceremony. There is nothing so romantic as a candlelit supper laid out on a small table covered in a mauve cloth-- and champagne, of course, chilling in a silver bucket. The music should be low." Strong men make Barbra Streisand go weak at the knees. The actress-singer says: "I like someone with gumption who will stand up to me and who will not take any of my nonsense. Someone who is strong-willed, who believes his ideas are right and who won't take no for an answer. I want a powerful man who won't be in awe of my status and won't be afraid to defy me."