Carol Burnett Quotes

I had always been quiet and studious in school. I was the high school editor of the newspaper.
I had it in my contract with CBS, a very weird clause that was never written before and certainly not since, that if I wanted to do a variety show within the first five years of the contract, CBS would have to put it on for 30 shows.
I have a great memory.
I have an iPhone, and I can text, and I can use the phone, and I can even take pictures with it.
I love audiences.
I love Maya Rudolph. She's very multitalented herself.
I love 'Modern Family.' And I love 'Glee' - the singing, the music - Jane Lynch just kills me.
I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that.
I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.
I loved doing 'The Family' with Eunice and Mama. They were very interesting because there were no jokes written into those sketches. It was all character-driven. And sometimes it got a little heavy.
I loved the Kennedy Center Honors because you just sit there, smile, wave, and cry.
I never felt cynical, and I never felt that I couldn't do what I wanted to do.
I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.
I prefer doing TV, where it can be different every time.
I really enjoy connecting with the audience.
I struggled for a while, but when I was cast in an Off Broadway show called 'Once Upon a Mattress,' that kind of put me on the map.
I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.
I think the reason I was successful is that I was never cynical.
I very much enjoyed doing 'Law & Order,' playing a killer - that was fun, and they had a family feel around the set, so it was a happy show to do even though the subject matter was quite the opposite.
I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy.
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