Tag: Carol Burnett
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My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.
Carol Burnett
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My favourite comedian, of course, is Tim Conway. He has a way about him – being that belly-laugh kind of funny, and he has the improvisational skills, too. I’ve never seen anybody better.
Carol Burnett
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I’ve always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother in the ’40s because there was no cynicism.
Carol Burnett
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I’ve always been able to recount things, and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.
Carol Burnett
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In ’57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.
Carol Burnett
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I am not a joke-teller. Stand-up, I couldn’t do.
Carol Burnett
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Comedy is tragedy – plus time.
Carol Burnett
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I do think there are some great female comics: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. They’re the whole ball of wax.
Carol Burnett
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It’s also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I’ve been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That’s why we’re here, after all, to help others.
Carol Burnett
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My first book was an open letter to my three daughters.
Carol Burnett