Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don’t get that laugh, there’s something wrong.
BETTY WHITEYou 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.’
More Betty White Quotes
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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 in the acting business. That’s the ego business.
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I stayed in show business to pay for my animal business.
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I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
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When I realized I could use Facebook as a way to communicate directly with my fans, I thought it would be a great idea.
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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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I don’t know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on.
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Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
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The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.
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You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.
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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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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 may be a senior, but so what? I’m still hot.
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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.
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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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