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.
BETTY WHITEI kid around a lot, but pranks are not my best strength!
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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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I 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.
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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’m in the middle of my sixth book, which is about animals at the Los Angeles Zoo.
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The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.
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I don’t care who anybody sleeps with. If a couple has been together all that time – and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones – I think it’s fine if they want to get married. I don’t know how people can get so anti-something.
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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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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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During the Depression, my dad made radios to sell to make extra money. Nobody had any money to buy the radios, so he would trade them for dogs. He built kennels in the backyard, and he cared for the dogs.
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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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I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
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Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
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Animals are near and dear to my heart, and I’ve devoted my life to trying to improve their lives.
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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 have my golden retriever now, Pontiac. He’s a career-change guide dog from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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