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!’
BETTY WHITEA good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.
More Betty White Quotes
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Why retire from something if you’re loving it so much and enjoying it so much, and you’re blessed with another group of people to work with like the gang on ‘Hot in Cleveland?’ Why would I think of retiring? What would I do with myself?
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I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs all the time. That’s my exercise.
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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 like double entendre because then the people who get it enjoy it, and the people who don’t get it don’t know about it.
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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 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’m in the middle of my sixth book, which is about animals at the Los Angeles Zoo.
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I’m in the acting business. That’s the ego business.
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I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.
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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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Anger tears me up inside, My own, or anyone else’s.
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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’re walking with your lady on the sidewalk, I still like to see a man walking street-side, to protect the lady from traffic. I grew up with that, and I hate to see something like that get lost. I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing.
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Wilderness is harder and harder to find these days on this beautiful planet, and we’re abusing our planet to the point of almost no return.
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