Quotes

From what I can see people look at television to forget the horrors outside.

My father told me fairy stories and he read to us. And my grandmother was Irish. She told us about 'the little people.' When I went into the forest I used to look for them.

I think all actors have a strange quirk about them. They're different than the usual run of people. They have a way of dramatizing things.

Drama is not great when it's a roll off the curb into the gutter.

Something is great when it starts low and rises to the heights. Or starts high and sinks low.

Playing a convincing witch takes a bit of research. I've looked up the old Salem business and reread a lot of fairy tales and the 'Oz' books. The main thing, I think, is to develop one strange, odd little thing to do that the audience does not expect.

Good theater is not realistic, and should not be. Its purpose, rather, is to highlight, never to spell out a situation.

Acting is suggesting, the art lies in leaving room for the audience to identify.

Radio leaves much to the audience's imagination, allows the listeners to fill in so much, provided that the voices convey enough.

Bewitched' weaves a spell of fantasy that televiewers of any age can lose themselves in.

You sort of sense the mood of the audience and it means a lot. And when you look back on those times, it means so much because, after all, that's all you have.

Actors should remember they are public servants, really, and depend on the response of the people. And the public can be so fickle. That's why now I'm glad to be working in my trade.

You know, many actors when they get older are afraid to be around young people, but I welcome their views.

Actually, I don't care how I look as long as I'm acting.

Most actresses want to look their best on the screen. It's only natural. But many of my roles have called for dreary-looking characters.

Looks and age determine whether you play leading ladies or characters. And I'm very happy playing character parts.

I was born in Boston.

I'm a woman of strong convictions.

I do not eat before I perform.

I love trains. I always take them when I have time.

Anything I do must have a line of idealism.

I learned that music should be fun and should be a way to express yourself - that there aren't really any rules.

I don't have the feeling of being motivated by anger, revenge or frustration.

With 'Philharmonics,' I had to do a lot of interviews, and it was like I was corrupting something. In many ways, I've said everything in the song. And either I can't go back to what it was because it's changing when I play it, or I still haven't figured out what the song is about.

I wish my parents had been more strict and made me learn more instruments.