I'd like for 'Facts of Life' to include more stories about Mrs. Garrett. But I wouldn't want to do a spin-off built around her.
I saw I wasn't an ingenue like Debbie Reynolds.
I know I was influenced by Beatrice Lillie. I must have been.
Composers, artists, actors, singers - all of them, I think, unconsciously learn from others. I'm sure it's not conscious, but they can't help it.
When I moved to New York to start my acting career, I was always very, very careful to walk way around ladders, and black cats could ruin my day. There were many silly things that brought fear into my life.
At 91, every day is a birthday.
When I started out, I wanted to be a serious actor. I never thought I'd get into comedy.
I always like to do serious plays.
When I was little, and whenever I had to wear a dress while my mother took up the hem or made any alterations, she told me to keep a thread from the dress in my mouth while she was sewing, and that would keep me from getting stuck by the needle.
Gee whiz, I know that some movie stars don't like to be bothered, but I don't mind. I think it's part of the package, and it's not a bother.
I wanted to be a serious actress and do all the classics.
Parents must lay down ground rules for their children to help them to grow up and to learn responsibility for their actions. They must learn to stand on their own two feet.
There's nothing wrong with making people laugh. We all need to laugh. Sometimes I get all these laughs inside of me, and there's no place to let 'em out.
Being an actor is not like any other job. It's not easy.
So many of the people who I played opposite, or just worked with, became friends forever.
We used to listen to all the marvelous operas on records. Music was a very important part of our lives.
Because of the power of television, I was visible to everybody all over the world. But there are many things in the theater that are more fulfilling and that I look forward to doing more. But really, I love it all: theater, film, television.
You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a wonderful show!... but if it doesn't hit with the public in two minutes, it's bye-bye.
I have wonderful friends. I'm not just a lonely old lady.
I always learned to be philanthropic... to give back.
