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" I have been off the motorcycles for about 20 years now, but that doesn't mean I can't still do it. "
Teri Garr
Been
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Still
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" 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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" Directors would tell me, 'We want you to play a character a little less complex than you are.' Yeah, sure. What they mean is, 'You're playing a dummy.' "
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" MS doesn't define who I am. "
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" I plan to live to be 120! "
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" I feel very badly about anybody that's sick and in a wheelchair or not doing well. But you know, you have to go, 'Life is a poker game, and we're going to play our cards somehow.' "
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" You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it. "
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" I'm always like this with a new movie role. I always get super-defensive and make noises like a rooster, Maybe that's because I spent so much time as a chorus girl. "
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" If you get somebody laughing - and then stick in a point about something important - they'll remember it. "
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" Joan Collins was the best. She really could sort of pull it off, be really outrageous and never even flinch. "
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" I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us. "
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" It doesn't help to contemplate how sad your life is. You have to move on. "
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" There's always going to be somebody worse off than me. "
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" I'm really grateful for my dancers' discipline. "
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" I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking. "
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Thanks
" I started out in the 1970s doing the Wife, the Bimbo, and the Ditz, and if I somehow get a serious role, they all wanna know the same thing: When are you going back to comedy? "
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Know
Doing
" I want to write more, because I think I've got a story to tell. "
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" If I counted them all up, I was a dancer in sixty movies! "
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Movies
" What's happening to me is I'm still happy and functioning, being able to listen to music, see good movies, read good books. What else is there that I can't, you know, I mean, I'm OK. "
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Good
Me
" My mother was a Rockette at Radio City. "
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" Please, people, don't drink and vote. We'll all pay for that. "
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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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You
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" I have one brother who is a surgeon, there's me, and my other brother builds boats. "
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Who
Brother
" 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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" 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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" Speed bumps, I was thinking, you know, you're driving along, everything's OK, and then there's a speed bump to go, 'Slow down.' Go over it real slowly, and you hit the pedal, and you keep going, and I just thought it was kind of a nice metaphor for life. "
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" How come women are treated differently from men all the time? Not only handicapped people, but women - and handicapped women, forget it! "
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" I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting. "
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" I went to physical therapy, occupational therapy, voice, every kind of therapy except mental therapy - obviously! "
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" This new movie, 'Full Moon in Blue Water,' I loved the idea of working with Gene Hackman, who is a great actor, but when I read the script, I threw it right into the trash can, because I didn't like this woman. She was just a doormat. "
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