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" I do wish somewhere there was a film of our stage production of 'My Fair Lady.' "
Julie Andrews
Wish
Somewhere
Stage
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" Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say. "
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Song
Say
" I had no education whatsoever, and my mother said, 'Oh, you'll get a much better education in life.' I did to some extent, though I always wish I could have tried it. "
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Better
Wish
Mother
" 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.' "
Julie Andrews
Fall
Hope
Good
" Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. "
Julie Andrews
Wave
You
Hands
" I've got a good right hook. "
Julie Andrews
Right
Good
Hook
" I am an optimistic lady. "
Julie Andrews
Am
I Am
Lady
" Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess. "
Julie Andrews
Being
Most
Princess
" The arts need funding. "
Julie Andrews
Funding
Arts
Need
" My mother was terribly important to me, and I know how much I yearned for her in my youth, but I don't think I truly trusted her. "
Julie Andrews
Me
Mother
Youth
" 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. "
Julie Andrews
I Think
Family
Best
" 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. "
Julie Andrews
I Can
Say
Homework
" The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same. "
Julie Andrews
Front
Thrill
Being
" By nature, I really am a fairly bouncy and sunny individual. "
Julie Andrews
Individual
Am
Sunny
" There is one thing I should say, and it's important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is an orator of any kind - lawyers who have to speak in court or pastors or anyone who has a lot of stress on their vocal cords: You should do the maintenance. You should do whatever it takes to feel fresh and good. "
Julie Andrews
Good
Important
Say
" Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly. "
Julie Andrews
Discipline
Fly
Free
" More than anything, the arts are the best teaching tool. "
Julie Andrews
Anything
Arts
More
" I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like. "
Julie Andrews
Audience
Think
Like
" And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy. "
Julie Andrews
Beautiful
Happy
Think
" The arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs. "
Julie Andrews
Arts
Thing
Cut
" I didn't know other children from divorced families, and I was a bit of a lost soul for a while. Then suddenly, I was performing. And it gave me an identity. "
Julie Andrews
Me
Soul
Lost
" 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. "
Julie Andrews
House
Proud
American
" Let me put it this way: I can sing a hell of an 'Old Man River,' way down in the bass. "
Julie Andrews
Old Man
Down
River
" I've always admired gardens. My father was a great nature lover and would always take me for walks. We lived not too far away from huge rhododendron estates and azalea estates, and when they're in bloom in England, they're just riotous. "
Julie Andrews
Me
Far
Far Away
" A lot of films seem to go to the lowest common denominator. "
Julie Andrews
Films
Go
Seem
" You're always changing your thoughts about things. "
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You
Thoughts
Things
" I don't want to be thought of as wholesome. "
Julie Andrews
Wholesome
Want
Thought
" I was working from a very early age. "
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Age
Early
Very Early Age
" I'm the lucky one who got asked to do 'The Sound of Music' and all the other lovely things that I did. "
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Music
Sound
Things
" 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? "
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Find
Dare
You
" I love that President and Mrs. Obama are embracing the arts. I am so delighted. "
Julie Andrews
Arts
President
Love