- My greatest success, I feel, has been the ability to make people laugh, even at my own expense and using that gift to help raise funds for children's charities.
- [on filming in The Happiest Millionaire (1967), and personal involvement from Walt Disney] The day that I had to record my number, he came down from his office and walked me over to the studio where we were going to record, and I was so nervous. He put his arm around me and he said, "Little lady, I have big plans for you." And then he died, that was his last movie.
- [on when she knew she wanted to become an actress] Since I was a little girl. The only two things I ever wanted to do were to be an actress or a nurse. When you are an actress you get to be all kinds of characters. I did volunteer in the emergency room as a patient advocate. Aren't I lucky... I have been able to follow all my dreams!
I was an apprentice in a professional summer stock theatre company for three years. I was just 14 years old when I started. I learned so much, lighting, sound, props, and played small roles. After high school I went straight to NYC to study at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. - Happiness is a choice and acceptance of who and what you are. YOU have the ability to control your emotions and choose a positive mindset.
- [on her favorite memory from her involvement with The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)] The day they called and asked me if I could come in for a table reading, they said, "We need you this week." I said, "Too bad. I'm in the labor room giving birth. That's my fondest memory. Having [my son] John Asher.
- I dealt with alcoholism throughout my first three marriages -- that's why I wanted to write the book "My Four Hollywood Husbands". It details my struggle with co-dependency and the effect it has on children. Ultimately, it is a story of triumph, renewed courage & finding happiness.
- Would you believe it if I told you that I was once a mind reader? Well, you better believe it! Back in the 1970s, I frequented a game show on NBC called Mindreaders (1979) where we play a game of hunch and ESP.
- Verbal abuse is so difficult because you can't see the scars... But they never go away.
- [on how she sets about working on roles] I look for things in the character that I can find in myself, sometimes that is difficult, especially if you don't like your character and their behavior. You have to find something that you DO like. You must understand your characters and learn to like them. I think I have always wanted to act, to be someone else for a while, to escape into a fantasy world of make-believe, to create another person.
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