Julie Andrews Quotes

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Julie Andrews

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 1, 1935

I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth.

Julie Andrews

I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was 'home.'

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My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself.

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Almost every morning when I go to the studio to work, I discover a fresh rose in the bud vase on my dressing table... one living and vital thing in a dusty arena of powder and tissue and matches and greasepaint.

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A lot of films seem to go to the lowest common denominator.

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My voice needed oiling, and then it took off.

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I really feel very blessed, and I don't forget it, either; there's an awful lot of wonderful talent in this world, and I just seem to be in the right place at the right time.

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I'd say just go with the flow. And I take my hat off to any mother out there who works full-time and raises a family as well. It's hard work.

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Actually, what I did, because I couldn't make sense of it, and I have to have lyrics that make sense, I decided the best way to sing 'I Have Confidence' was to go completely nuts with panic and fear.

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I did 'My Fair Lady' for almost 3 1/2 years, eight performances a week. It was a marathon.

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I did a lot of touring in my youth, and I learnt very quickly that giving is what it's all about. It's about the gift of making an audience feel great and forget their cares, if only for a few hours.

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If you've been fortunate enough to do a film that appeals to the entire family, that's the audience that's probably going to come back to you in something else.

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The loveliest roles, for me, have a growth arc - a beginning, a middle, and an end - and I'm always grateful when I can find one of those emotional journeys.

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I think any director is intimidating.

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How dare one act like a diva when you have a lot of work to do and you need to find your disciplines and so on?

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You're always changing your thoughts about things.

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I've long wanted to introduce children to the wonder of the arts.

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You take any job that comes along, and if you're really lucky, the movie takes off.

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One of our books has been made into a musical, 'The Great American Mousical,' which I directed at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. And another, 'Simeon's Gift,' has been adapted for a symphony orchestra and five performers. I'm also a very proud member of the board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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My mum gave me pretty good genes in that department. She had gorgeous skin. That good English complexion. She never seemed to have a blemish that I knew of.

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