Carol Burnett Quotes

I was in California, and I was going to UCLA, and I knew I certainly didn't have movie star looks. I remember seeing pictures and photos of Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, who were kind of average looking. I said, 'Well, that's for me, then, to go back to New York and try to be in musical comedy on Broadway.'
I was kind of shy as a kid. I was a pretty good student. I was a wallflower, or nerd, if you will.
I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.
I was raised going to the movies with my grandmother as a kid. And then I'd come home, and my best friend and I would act out the films that we saw.
I was very entertained by Betty Grable and Judy Garland.
If I go to a party, I'm not one to be the funniest person in the room at all.
I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie. The networks just wouldn't spend the money today.
I'm hooked on Glenn Close in 'Damages.'
I'm into 'House of Cards.' 'Breaking Bad' - my God, did I binge on that!
I'm like your mother, your sister, whatever.
I'm not a person who likes to confront.
I'm not always optimistic. You wouldn't have all cylinders cooking if you were always like Mary Poppins.
I'm really not that funny in real life! But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh.
I'm so happy with what has happened in my life.
In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.
It all happened the way it was supposed to. I wouldn't change anything. I had such a great run.
It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.
It's not a bad thing to be able to do many things onstage. If you're an entertainer, you should be able to entertain. I'm proud to say that I'm not a one-trick pony.
I've always been able to recount things, and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.
I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother in the '40s because there was no cynicism.
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