Vicki Lawrence Quotes

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Vicki Lawrence

Profession : Comedian

Birth : March 26, 1949

I am interested in a lot of the same things people are interested in. I am trying to raise kids without them self-destructing. I am trying to hold the marriage together, and I am trying to take off the same 10 pounds everyone else is.

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Yes, I love playing Mom.

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When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.

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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'

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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'

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Life is much too serious to be taken seriously.

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I went to Vietnam during the Vietnam War to visit all the troops. We would fly into a hospital and serve mess to the guys, and we ate whatever they were eating. Then we slept there and flew out the next day to little bases where there were maybe 10 or 20 guys. Then we flew to another hospital.

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Dick Clark and I had such a hysterical relationship with each other.

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TV's been good to me.

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My parents raised me to believe that when one door slams in your face, turn around because there's probably another door opening up somewhere.

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I hear from many a man around Halloween that's dressed up as Mama for Halloween. It's a great costume.

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I really feel my family is my priority.

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It took me a lot of years on the 'Burnett' show to feel like I had earned the privilege to play in the sandbox with the grown-ups.

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'Mama's Family' was kind of like everyone's guilty pleasure.

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Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.

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There's going to be a picture of 'Mama' on my obit.

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Making people laugh is what I really enjoy.

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I do love pasta. It gets me into trouble. If I could give up pasta and bread, I'd look like Cate Blanchett.

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I didn't plan on going into show business. Show business picked me. And it's been fun. One of the best things about being in show business is people think they know me, and they feel like they grew up with me.

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I remember being totally enamored with Sid Caesar.

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