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" 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

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" 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. "

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

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

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" I go to my physical therapist to keep fighting it and one of them told me if you don't use it, you lose it, but I know we're on television so I won't say what I would often say. "

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

" It doesn't help to contemplate how sad your life is. You have to move on. "

" '30 Rock' is one of the best things on TV, I think. "

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Rock

I Think

" 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 think I look pretty good. And I know there are human beings my age who look the way I do. There must be stories about us - not just about people who are young and good-looking. "

" I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting. "

" I want to write more, because I think I've got a story to tell. "

Teri Garr

Story

Write

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

Teri Garr

Grandparents

Read

" 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 don't consider that I have to judge any of the movies I make all the time, but people are always asking me, 'What's your favorite movie?' And I never know what to say. "

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Judge

Time

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

" 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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Great

Funny

" 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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Head

Little

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

" I had to learn to walk again, talk again, think again. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 plan to live to be 120! "

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Plan

Live