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 WHITEWhen 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 go out to the kitchen to feed the dog, but that’s about as much cooking as I do.
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I cannot stand the people who get wonderful starts in show business and who abuse it. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, for example, although there are plenty of others, too. They are the most blessed people in the world, and they don’t appreciate it.
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I’m in the acting business. That’s the ego business.
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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 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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I’m having the time of my life and the fact that I’m still working – how lucky can you get? I’m 90 years old and still able to work as much as I do. That’s a privilege.
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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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You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.
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Anger tears me up inside, My own, or anyone else’s.
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I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.
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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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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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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 don’t know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on.
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I kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
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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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I’m so compulsive about stuff, I know if I had ever gotten pregnant, of course, that would have been my whole focus. But I didn’t choose to have children because I’m focused on my career. And I just don’t think, as compulsive as I am, that I could manage both.
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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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It’s fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.
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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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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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Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
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I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood.
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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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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 think older women still have a full life.
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