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Teri Garr

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 11, 1944

You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.

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I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.

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

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

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

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Elvis used to have parties at his house - and I've told this story a million times - but they weren't really parties, because there was no chips or dip. Just Elvis and his boys watching TV, and him making funny comments, and everybody laughing at them. Is that a party? Not really. But that's Hollywood.

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I resent it when they write the part of a woman who's just a sexy femme fatale who seduces people to ger her way, perpetrating the myth that that's how woman have to operate, instead of using their brains or their wit.

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God is in all - I believe in God, yes. And I believe God is in us.

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You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

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I always say don't be scared. It's not that bad - there's always something worse - and there is definitely life after multiple sclerosis.

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Win or lose, star or not, you wait for your car with everyone else, and waiting for your car is a drag.

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I plan to live to be 120!

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In addition to having a good partnership with a good doctor, you have to do some of the work yourself. Go online, read about it, and find out what you can tolerate.

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

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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.

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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.

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There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The community today needs to know that with MRI and the current medications the view is good.

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I take one of the interferon therapies, Rebif.

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I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career.

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