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" I don't want to sound hoity-toity, but people told me I should watch 'Cheers' because it's very funny. So I watched it, and I just went, 'This is the great show of the universe?' To me, acting is making characters believable, not just doing jokes. "

Teri Garr

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" Going to dancing school, or being in a play, is a very familial feeling. You're around friends. "

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" My next book's title is going to be, 'I Have One Foot in the Grave and Another on a Banana Peel.' "

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" I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking. "

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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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She

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Little

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