You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.
BETTY WHITEYou can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal.
BETTY WHITEI don’t know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on.
BETTY WHITEAnimals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.
BETTY WHITEI’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.
BETTY WHITEI was one of the first women producers in Hollywood.
BETTY WHITEI think a lot of people like hidden-camera shows where they think they’re spying on somebody who doesn’t know they’re looking at them. And nobody takes it seriously – you either enjoy it and get a laugh out of the reactions or not.
BETTY WHITEI’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
BETTY WHITEI’m in the middle of my sixth book, which is about animals at the Los Angeles Zoo.
BETTY WHITEI have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I’m up and down those stairs all the time. That’s my exercise.
BETTY WHITEAnger tears me up inside, My own, or anyone else’s.
BETTY WHITEWhen I realized I could use Facebook as a way to communicate directly with my fans, I thought it would be a great idea.
BETTY WHITEI really don’t care with whom you sleep. I just care what kind of a decent human being you are.
BETTY WHITEI 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.
BETTY WHITEI 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.
BETTY WHITEI think it’s your mental attitude. So many of us start dreading age in high school and that’s a waste of a lovely life. ‘Oh… I’m 30, oh, I’m 40, oh, 50.’ Make the most of it.
BETTY WHITEIf 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!
BETTY WHITE