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

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" I have been off the motorcycles for about 20 years now, but that doesn't mean I can't still do it. "

" Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I now appreciate what I have and I am not running around like a rat in a maze. "

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

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

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

" I try to laugh as much as possible and enjoy the company of people who can make me laugh. "

" 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. "

" My mother was a Rockette at Radio City. "

" 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. "

" They drilled a hole in my head and wrapped a coil around my brain so it wouldn't bleed anymore. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" When you hear the word 'disabled,' people immediately think about people who can't walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the real disability is people who can't find joy in life and are bitter. "

" 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. "

" When one woman found out I had multiple sclerosis, she said to me, 'My heart bleeds for you.' I said to her, 'Well, my heart bleeds for you, because you're an idiot.' "

" Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women. "

" My mother was a real tough cookie. She raised the three of us, and she worked at the same time. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" MS doesn't define who I am. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "