American - Actress | April 26, 1933 -
As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.
Carol Burnett
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I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy.
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I am not a joke-teller. Stand-up, I couldn't do.
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I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.
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My preference is for people who can do sketch comedy or situational comedy, where it's not a joke, but it's telling a story.
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I was in California, and I was going to UCLA, and I knew I certainly didn't have movie star looks. I remember seeing pictures and photos of Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, who were kind of average looking. I said, 'Well, that's for me, then, to go back to New York and try to be in musical comedy on Broadway.'
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I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?
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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.
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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.
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I struggled for a while, but when I was cast in an Off Broadway show called 'Once Upon a Mattress,' that kind of put me on the map.
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It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.
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I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.
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