The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.
BETTY WHITEI 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.
More Betty White Quotes
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I stayed in show business to pay for my animal business.
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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 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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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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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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Anger tears me up inside, My own, or anyone else’s.
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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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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 a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
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I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood.
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A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.
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I don’t get political.
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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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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 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 have the backbone of an eel.
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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 not what you might call sexy, but I’m romantic. Let’s put it that way.
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You 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.’
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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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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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Animals are near and dear to my heart, and I’ve devoted my life to trying to improve their lives.
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I may be a senior, but so what? I’m still hot.
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I really don’t care with whom you sleep. I just care what kind of a decent human being you are.
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I’m in the acting business. That’s the ego business.
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Animal lover that I am, a cougar I am not.
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