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" I've always had this American-pie face that would get work in commercials... I'd say things like, 'Hi, Marge, how's your laundry?' and 'Hi, I'm a real nice Georgia peach.' Sometimes this work is one step above being a cocktail waitress. "

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" I've always been this insane. Isn't that interesting? "

" 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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" The Academy not only knew I existed, they thought I was good! "

" 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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" If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor. "

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

" A chiropractor wishes he were a doctor, just like those people outside Spago wish they were actors. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Someday, I'll make the right connection with the house I'm meant to be in. "

" I thought, 'If I can't be prom queen, I can dance 'Les Sylphide.' "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" What is the difference between an actress over 50 and an actress with a disability? Nothing. They both can't find work. "

" Please, people, don't drink and vote. We'll all pay for that. "

" You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it. "

" 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'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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" If you get your foot in the door doing one kind of part, that's the kind of role they call you for. I can't say I resent it - then I would resent my whole career. "

" 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.' "

" Someday they may cure MS, that idiot thing. It gets in there and they can't get it out. "

" My mother was a Rockette at Radio City. "

" My agents have me in the Actors' Protection Program. It seems to be working very well. Nobody can find me. "

" I think it's critical, a sense of humor. It did help me - it does help me, continuously. "

" If I counted them all up, I was a dancer in sixty movies! "

" I have a disease, but I also have a lot of other things. "

" 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. "