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" If you get somebody laughing - and then stick in a point about something important - they'll remember it. "
Teri Garr
Stick
You
Important
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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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Yourself
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" You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like the team at MS LifeLines. They are there to support the MS community and give good advice. "
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Community
Yourself
Team
" There were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had many tests, no one diagnosed MS. "
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Though
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" My mother was a Rockette at Radio City. "
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Radio
Mother
" People ask me about my limp. I say, 'You know, I don't know how bad it is, because I don't watch - I don't watch myself.' I don't look at it. I don't. "
Teri Garr
Look
Know
Me
" I went to North Hollywood High. I'm the original Val girl. "
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Girl
High
Hollywood
" 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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" Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who's the person to buy it from. "
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Minute
Made
Person
" I was in love with Michael Keaton. He was very funny. "
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Keaton
Michael
Very
" I have a disease, but I also have a lot of other things. "
Teri Garr
Other
Things
Lot
" 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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Life
Sick
Life Is A
" I don't let Molly watch much television. The only stations I let her watch are PBS and the Disney Channel. The cartoons on the other stations are too violent and filled with obnoxious commercials. "
Teri Garr
Cartoons
Watch
Television
" 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
Great
Funny
Me
" I think it's critical, a sense of humor. It did help me - it does help me, continuously. "
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Humor
Think
Sense Of Humor
" How come women are treated differently from men all the time? Not only handicapped people, but women - and handicapped women, forget it! "
Teri Garr
Forget
Only
Women
" I remember some stories had a very big impact on me, like 'The Little Train That Could,' which is about the importance of not giving up, and 'Little Toot,' about a playful tugboat in the New York harbor. "
Teri Garr
Impact
New York
Giving
" I didn't tell people because I didn't want pity, and I was afraid I wouldn't get work. But others with MS need to know they are not alone. We don't have to be victims. "
Teri Garr
Need
People
Know
" My mother was a role model. "
Teri Garr
Role
Model
Mother
" There's always going to be somebody worse off than me. "
Teri Garr
Me
Always
Going
" 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.' "
Teri Garr
Nothing
Most
Different
" 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. "
Teri Garr
Situation
Emergency
Lead
" You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself. "
Teri Garr
Wisdom
Yourself
You
" Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women. "
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Ms
Women
Percent
" Please, people, don't drink and vote. We'll all pay for that. "
Teri Garr
Vote
Drink
Please
" 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. "
Teri Garr
He
Movie
Father
" 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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Successful
Me
Know
" I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking. "
Teri Garr
David
Obvious
Thanks
" My agents have me in the Actors' Protection Program. It seems to be working very well. Nobody can find me. "
Teri Garr
Find
Working
Protection
" 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. "
Teri Garr
Slow
Way
Balloon
" 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. "
Teri Garr
Happy
Good
Me