Valerie Harper Quotes

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Valerie Harper

Profession : Actress

Birth : August 22, 1940

I'm basically an actress, not a comedienne, and if something comes along that appeals to me, I'll do it.

Valerie Harper

I am pretty heavy into causes. I'm an active Democrat, I boycott grapes, and I work for prison reform.

Valerie Harper

I don't see anything degrading about marriage or homemaking, but my husband and I pool the money we earn, along with the jobs around the house.

Valerie Harper

I know there are a whole bunch of 'Rhoda' rooters out there.

Valerie Harper

'Incurable' is a tough word. So is 'terminal.'

Valerie Harper

I think drama and comedy are pretty much all the same, and the issue is whether or not you have a sense of humor.

Valerie Harper

On 'Rhoda,' they wanted my husband, Joe, to wear a pajama top when we were doing love scenes. They finally let him take it off as long as the audience saw him get into bed wearing pajama bottoms so they didn't think he was completely naked underneath.

Valerie Harper

When I wake up in the morning, I don't say, 'Oh, I have cancer. I say 'Another day. How you feeling? Good? Good.'

Valerie Harper

It can be frightening. I think, 'I don't want to go.' But I give myself room to grieve.

Valerie Harper

I've had a good run; what more can I ask for?

Valerie Harper

I think I have too little to hide to be interesting.

Valerie Harper

Don't accept or be crippled by the media hype that aging is bad or shameful.

Valerie Harper

Magazines airbrush everything. If you think it's an illusion, then it probably is.

Valerie Harper

Women and young girls are constantly judging themselves by standards that aren't real.

Valerie Harper

At an ERA fundraiser years ago, one of my favorite buttons was the one that said, 'Every mother is a working mother.'

Valerie Harper

Stop working so hard at being interesting and focus on what's outside yourself. There are universes out there that need to be explored. And, an interested person is extremely interesting.

Valerie Harper

Anything I can give women to help them feel better about themselves, that's what I want to do.

Valerie Harper

When you age, you can do all kinds of roles. You don't have to look great. You can be the mom, the aunt. You can have a small part. You're an actor.

Valerie Harper

That's very unusual for an actor, to have gainful employment that they are secure in, that they know is going to be there year after year.

Valerie Harper

I was a dancer, but I was always a little overweight. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Valerie Harper, and I'm overweight.' I'd say it quickly before they could... I always got called chubby. My nose was too wide; my hair was too kinky.

Valerie Harper