Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren’t going to get rid of me that way.
BETTY WHITEI was one of the first women producers in Hollywood.
More Betty White Quotes
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You know what the problem that animal activists sometimes have? They only concentrate on the heartbreaking things to the point where the general public thinks, ‘Oh, here comes those animal folks again and I’m going to hear all the things I don’t want to hear.’
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Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
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I go out to the kitchen to feed the dog, but that’s about as much cooking as I do.
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I don’t get political.
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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 the luckiest broad on two feet, I’ll tell you that. They say once a woman passes 40 she doesn’t get any good parts, so I’m blessed.
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I’ve worked with Morris Animal Foundation for more than 40 years now, and I’m so proud of all they’ve done to advance veterinary medicine for animals worldwide.
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Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.
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I stayed in show business to pay for my animal business.
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I’m in the acting business. That’s the ego business.
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I just want to bring as much natural as I can. I’m not saying that people who take acting lessons are false. They’re much better than I am, but it doesn’t work for me.
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I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
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If you get into a Broadway show and it doesn’t work, you’re a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesn’t sound great to me!
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I am the luckiest old broad on two feet if the truth were known. It’s – but it all goes back to ‘Mary Tyler Moore,’ ‘Golden Girls,’ all those – actors love to take the credit. We couldn’t do it without the writers.
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I’m not what you might call sexy, but I’m romantic. Let’s put it that way.
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I enjoy being busy, I really do. Remember, I’m the stub end of the railroad. I have no family, so I’m not taking busy time away from people that I should be spending it with. So I’m just relaxing and enjoying it.
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The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.
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I didn’t know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time.
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It’s been phenomenal, but everybody keeps congratulating me on my resurgence and my big comeback. I haven’t been away, guys. I’ve been working steadily for the last 63 years.
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I’ve enjoyed the opposite sex a lot. Always have. Always will.
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I really don’t care with whom you sleep. I just care what kind of a decent human being you are.
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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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I was an only child and I had a mother and father who were just – there wasn’t a straight man in the house, and I mean that in a very nice way. They were fun, and we would laugh a lot.
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I don’t seem to require a lot of sleep. I just – if I get four, five good hours, I’m fine. But sleeping is sort of dull. There’s a lot of other good stuff that you can do without just lying down and closing your eyes.
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I have the backbone of an eel.
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I’m in the middle of my sixth book, which is about animals at the Los Angeles Zoo.
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