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Teri Garr
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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 been nominated for an Academy Award for my performance as Sandy Lester, Dustin Hoffman's neurotic, struggling actress girlfriend, in 'Tootsie.' Under Sydney Pollack's direction, 'Tootsie' had been a runaway hit starring Dustin as an unemployed actor who pretends to be a woman in order to land a role in a soap opera. "
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" Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life. "
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" I thought, 'If I can't be prom queen, I can dance 'Les Sylphide.' "
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" Elvis used to have parties at his house - and I've told this story a million times - but they weren't really parties, because there was no chips or dip. Just Elvis and his boys watching TV, and him making funny comments, and everybody laughing at them. Is that a party? Not really. But that's Hollywood. "
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" I get this thing every once in a while that I call 'ESS:' emergency sleep situation. I'll get like lead, really fatigued, and I can't move. "
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" If I counted them all up, I was a dancer in sixty movies! "
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" If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor. "
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" The Academy not only knew I existed, they thought I was good! "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" MS doesn't define who I am. "
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" Usually, the extras have a different mentality. I had the mentality of an artist, because I was a 'ballet-rina.' But most extras are out to make a fast buck for nothing. They're 'atmosphere.' "
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Nothing
Most
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" If there's ever a woman who's smart, funny, or witty, people are afraid of that, so they don't write that. They only write parts for women where they let everything be steamrolled over them, where they let people wipe their feet all over them. "
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Feet
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" Having to manage fatigue is something I and many people with MS have to deal with, and heat is no friend to my MS, either; it can be devastating. "
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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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You
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" I want to write about my experiences since 'Speedbumps.' "
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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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" Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women. "
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" Someday, I'll make the right connection with the house I'm meant to be in. "
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" A chiropractor wishes he were a doctor, just like those people outside Spago wish they were actors. "
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" I always say don't be scared. It's not that bad - there's always something worse - and there is definitely life after multiple sclerosis. "
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" I do Pilates a lot. I don't do a lot of cardiovascular stuff. "
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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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Lot
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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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" 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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Doing
" 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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" I have one brother who is a surgeon, there's me, and my other brother builds boats. "
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Brother