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" Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands. "

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" The arts bridge cultures; they're good for the economy, and they're good for fostering empathy and decency. "

" I did all of my learning on 'My Fair Lady.' "

" I'm not very good with rap and things like that. "

" When you are traveling in vaudeville, you experience so many different kinds of audiences, depending on what time of the week it is, how long the pubs have been open, and things like that. "

" When I did 'The Sound of Music' and 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Americanization of Emily,' all three were in the can and had not yet been released. So I was driving around having a fine time learning about how to make movies and enjoying myself enormously, and then they were released, and it was quite an assault, in a way. "

" I had a lot of learning on my feet. "

" As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually. "

" I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect. "

" By nature, I really am a fairly bouncy and sunny individual. "

" In my early years, I was much too ignorant and didn't realize how desperately important it all is, how really important the lyrics are. And for me as a singer, I am a lady who takes the lyrics first. "

" You take any job that comes along, and if you're really lucky, the movie takes off. "

" One of our books has been made into a musical, 'The Great American Mousical,' which I directed at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. And another, 'Simeon's Gift,' has been adapted for a symphony orchestra and five performers. I'm also a very proud member of the board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. "

" All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. "

" Actually, what I did, because I couldn't make sense of it, and I have to have lyrics that make sense, I decided the best way to sing 'I Have Confidence' was to go completely nuts with panic and fear. "

" Some of my own books are being developed - one as a Broadway musical. "

" If you've been fortunate enough to do a film that appeals to the entire family, that's the audience that's probably going to come back to you in something else. "

" How dare one act like a diva when you have a lot of work to do and you need to find your disciplines and so on? "

" You just don't know in life. Life knocks you about and pushes you over boundaries. But be ready. Do your homework; that's all I can say. "

" Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. "

" I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it. "

" Whenever I think of my birthplace, Walton-on-Thames, my reference first and foremost is the river. I love the smell of the river; love its history, its gentleness. I was aware of its presence from my earliest years. Its majesty centered me, calmed me, was a solace to a certain extent. "

" I've got a good right hook. "

" I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely. "

" I really feel very blessed, and I don't forget it, either; there's an awful lot of wonderful talent in this world, and I just seem to be in the right place at the right time. "

" I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it. "

" My mother and stepfather were in Vaudeville. And my stepfather was an alcoholic. It was a lot of roller coaster times. But it's all I knew. I think they did the best they could under the circumstances, with me and all the family. "

" I was raised never to carp about things and never to moan, because in vaudeville, which is my background, you just got on with it through all kinds of adversities. "

" Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.' "