The bottom line is, I’m blessed with good health. On top of that, I don’t go around thinking ‘Oh, I’m 90, I better do this or I better do that.’ I’m just Betty. I’m the same Betty that I’ve always been. Take it or leave it.
BETTY WHITEDoing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don’t get that laugh, there’s something wrong.
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When we started in television, there was that magic box in the corner of the room, and ‘Oh my gosh – look what it’s doing!’
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I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood.
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Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it’s got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can’t just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that – it’s got to be funny.
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Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.
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Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don’t get that laugh, there’s something wrong.
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A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.
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I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
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I think older women still have a full life.
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I have the backbone of an eel.
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I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It’s that simple.
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I have my golden retriever now, Pontiac. He’s a career-change guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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I’m in the acting business. That’s the ego business.
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Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
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I think that a show that is as successful as ‘The Golden Girls’ is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. If you don’t feel proud to be part of a show that has that kind of track record, then shame on you, because that’s a privilege.
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I don’t get political.
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