Teri Garr Quotes

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Teri Garr

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 11, 1944

I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice.

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I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go.

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Being a successful Hollywood actress may be challenging, but little did I know that the very body that had always been my calling card would betray me.

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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.

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This new movie, 'Full Moon in Blue Water,' I loved the idea of working with Gene Hackman, who is a great actor, but when I read the script, I threw it right into the trash can, because I didn't like this woman. She was just a doormat.

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

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I do Pilates a lot. I don't do a lot of cardiovascular stuff.

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I was in an acting class taught by Eric Morris, and Jack Nicholson was in the class. He wrote the script for 'Head', so all of us in the class got little tiny parts in the movie.

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Someday they may cure MS, that idiot thing. It gets in there and they can't get it out.

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I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting.

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People aren't so interested in seeing movies about women's problems.

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I've always had this American-pie face that would get work in commercials... I'd say things like, 'Hi, Marge, how's your laundry?' and 'Hi, I'm a real nice Georgia peach.' Sometimes this work is one step above being a cocktail waitress.

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I don't consider that I have to judge any of the movies I make all the time, but people are always asking me, 'What's your favorite movie?' And I never know what to say.

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Being sensitive to the problem of women is just another symptom of the quality of movies: I don't think you can do anything that's very sensitive. Everything's sort of broad strokes and big gestures - adventure things that boys, guys want to see.

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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.'

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I want to write more, because I think I've got a story to tell.

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I'm really grateful for my dancers' discipline.

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

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

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Everyone I tell that I had an aneurysm always says, 'Oh, my cousin died from that.' Well, I didn't, so I'm amazed. I was in a wheelchair, and I had to go to rehab. And now I'm walking!

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