Tag: Carol Burnett
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Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.
Carol Burnett
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Steve Martin in ‘All of Me,’ when he did that whole thing where he was possessed by the spirit in his body? It was brilliant.
Carol Burnett
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I think the reason I was successful is that I was never cynical.
Carol Burnett
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My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres.
Carol Burnett
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I had a good loud voice and I wasn’t afraid to be goofy or zany.
Carol Burnett
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You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That’s an education in itself.
Carol Burnett
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I was very entertained by Betty Grable and Judy Garland.
Carol Burnett
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It’s not a bad thing to be able to do many things onstage. If you’re an entertainer, you should be able to entertain. I’m proud to say that I’m not a one-trick pony.
Carol Burnett
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I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me.
Carol Burnett
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On the good days, my mother would haul out the ukulele and we’d sit around the kitchen table – it was a cardboard table with a linoleum top – and sing.
Carol Burnett