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" I do Pilates a lot. I don't do a lot of cardiovascular stuff. "
Teri Garr
Pilates
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Lot
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" I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go. "
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" In addition to having a good partnership with a good doctor, you have to do some of the work yourself. Go online, read about it, and find out what you can tolerate. "
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" I had to learn to walk again, talk again, think again. "
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" I've always been this insane. Isn't that interesting? "
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" What's worse in Hollywood, being handicapped or being a woman over 50? "
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" I plan to live to be 120! "
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" Someday they may cure MS, that idiot thing. It gets in there and they can't get it out. "
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" My father died when I was 11. He was a vaudeville comedian. He worked in one movie, 'Ladies of the Chorus,' as Marilyn Monroe's father. "
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" I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career. "
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" You can be diagnosed and treated early. And there is hope for the future. "
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" Being a successful Hollywood actress may be challenging, but little did I know that the very body that had always been my calling card would betray me. "
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" When you hear the word 'disabled,' people immediately think about people who can't walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the real disability is people who can't find joy in life and are bitter. "
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" I was in love with Michael Keaton. He was very funny. "
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" Speaking out about multiple sclerosis to others who may be dealing with this disease is actually helpful to me as well as, I hope, to others. It builds community, helps bring awareness to MS, and strengthens the MS movement that will ultimately lead to the end of this disease. "
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" I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves. "
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" Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I now appreciate what I have and I am not running around like a rat in a maze. "
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" I danced in a company of 'West Side Story' when I was very young. It was most of the original cast - Larry Kert, Chita Rivera - and Jerry Robbins directed. It was tough, a wonderful initiation for me. "
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Young
Tough
" I went to North Hollywood High. I'm the original Val girl. "
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" I'd like to play something classical. I'm in the Strindberg society, and we do readings of Strindberg plays. I'd love to do Nora in 'A Doll's House.' And Chekhov. I have been working back to back on what I call 'regular jobs,' so it's hard to do plays. "
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Back
Doll
House
" My agents have me in the Actors' Protection Program. It seems to be working very well. Nobody can find me. "
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Find
Working
Protection
" I don't consider that I have to judge any of the movies I make all the time, but people are always asking me, 'What's your favorite movie?' And I never know what to say. "
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Judge
Me
Time
" I think I look pretty good. And I know there are human beings my age who look the way I do. There must be stories about us - not just about people who are young and good-looking. "
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" I'm really grateful for my dancers' discipline. "
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" People aren't so interested in seeing movies about women's problems. "
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" There's always going to be somebody worse off than me. "
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" Everyone I tell that I had an aneurysm always says, 'Oh, my cousin died from that.' Well, I didn't, so I'm amazed. I was in a wheelchair, and I had to go to rehab. And now I'm walking! "
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" There are several drugs out right now that can't stop multiple sclerosis, but they can slow it way down. They also made me puff up like a balloon. So I looked horrible. I hated that. "
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" My mother was a real tough cookie. She raised the three of us, and she worked at the same time. "
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" I thought, 'If I can't be prom queen, I can dance 'Les Sylphide.' "
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" I take one of the interferon therapies, Rebif. "
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