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" The whole MS stuff put the kibosh on my career. And I sort of let it go. I even have a friend who went to CBS and said, 'I want Teri Garr to be in this series,' and the head of the network said, 'Oh no, she's got MS.' "

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" 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. "

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" I was in love with Michael Keaton. He was very funny. "

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

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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. "

Teri Garr

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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. "

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

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

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

" 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? "

" I go to Yosemite a lot. To get there, you fly from L.A. to Fresno and rent a car. So I know about Fresno. It looks like the entire city was built in 1946 in three months - all these low California ranch style homes. The whole city looks like that. "

" I'd like to play something classical. I'm in the Strindberg society, and we do readings of Strindberg plays. I'd love to do Nora in 'A Doll's House.' And Chekhov. I have been working back to back on what I call 'regular jobs,' so it's hard to do plays. "

" There's people doing whatever the hell they want and getting away with it. "

" I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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 take one of the interferon therapies, Rebif. "

Teri Garr

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" People aren't so interested in seeing movies about women's problems. "

" When you're a kid, you should be a kid. "

" I do Pilates a lot. I don't do a lot of cardiovascular stuff. "

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

" 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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" Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who's the person to buy it from. "

" Going to dancing school, or being in a play, is a very familial feeling. You're around friends. "

" 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. "

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" My mother was a Rockette at Radio City. "

" With this disease it is so easy to throw in the towel, and that is the worst thing we can do. "

" I was in an acting class taught by Eric Morris, and Jack Nicholson was in the class. He wrote the script for 'Head', so all of us in the class got little tiny parts in the movie. "

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