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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 have heard all kinds of stories about telling employers about MS and I really don't know what the answer is. I am a private person, but I have found support by talking to fellow MSrs in the community. "

" I want to write about my experiences since 'Speedbumps.' "

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

" 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. "

" When I was a dancer, I would see that dancers were treated like garbage. I mean like, like extras. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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.' "

" I have one brother who is a surgeon, there's me, and my other brother builds boats. "

" There were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had many tests, no one diagnosed MS. "

" There's always going to be somebody worse off than me. "

" I went to North Hollywood High. I'm the original Val girl. "

" I did a string of about six or seven Elvis movies, all in a row. He made all of those movies in two years' time. All of them bad. Don't quote me. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life. "

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

" My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS. "

" I loved the stories my parents and grandparents would read to me. "

" 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. "

" I may not be able to run around the block anymore, but I love my life. "

" I take one of the interferon therapies, Rebif. "

" I went to physical therapy, occupational therapy, voice, every kind of therapy except mental therapy - obviously! "

" I plan to live to be 120! "

" 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. "

" 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. "