Everything that's realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent.

Polanski berated a crowd of journalists at a press conference saying that many times they had written that Tate "was beautiful. Garretson said he had no involvement in the murders and did not know anything that could help the investigation. Tate played Odile a witch who exerts a mysterious power over a landowner played by Niven and his wife played by Kerr.

During the 1960s Sharon Tate played small television roles before appearing in several films. After receiving positive reviews for her comedic performances Sharon Tate was hailed as one of Hollywood's promising newcomers and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Valley of the Dolls (1967). It resulted in amendments to the California criminal law in 1982 which allowed crime victims and their families to make victim impact statements during sentencing and at parole hearings.