Vicki Lawrence Quotes

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Vicki Lawrence

Profession : Comedian

Birth : March 26, 1949

I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.

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I am no prude, but when I watch comedy, I ask myself, 'Who wrote this? A teenage boy in the locker room?'

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I don't care about making a fool of myself on stage anymore. I don't care what people think.

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This country wants to laugh. We want to, and we need to. I'm happy to oblige.

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I much prefer doing comedy. I get a little paranoid when the audience is not laughing.

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It's just kinda what I did: played crazy old ladies.

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It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.

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The thing that everybody loves about the 'Burnett Show' was that you felt like you were really there - all that fun stuff stayed in the show, and I think that's why everybody remembers it so fondly because that just doesn't happen anymore on television.

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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.

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I feel like my life has been very serendipitous and really kind of humorous. Everything that's happened to me has been like an, 'Omigod, are you kidding me?'

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I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.

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I've been at it since 1967, and I still love it. There is nothing quite like making people laugh.

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When I hosted 'Win, Lose or Draw,' it was always fascinating to me that no one knew where anything was when they had to draw a destination.

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I feel it is time to lighten up and laugh about things and enjoy ourselves a little bit more.

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I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.

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I flew to New York to do a commercial back in the day when people could meet you at the gate, and the little agent when I came off the plane said, 'Oh, Miss Carr, we are so happy to have you here.' I went, 'Oh, for goodness sakes.'

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That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.

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The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.

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Things have always sort of happened for me. Something else always comes up.

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I often feel like I could fall off the face of the Earth. As long as 'Mama' was around, nobody would really miss me. People really think of her as an actual person. People all the time see me and ask, 'Where's Mama?' Like she should be with me.

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