English - Actress | October 1, 1935 -
I'm beginning to think that I like the behind-the-scenes work as much as I do in front of the camera as I get a little bit older.
Julie Andrews
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I am thrilled to be dame. It's one of those - the fact that you have been honored by your country is what it's all about, and it just feels good right there.
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Let me put it this way: I can sing a hell of an 'Old Man River,' way down in the bass.
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For me, whenever I choose a song to sing, it's about the lyric first.
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I'm not very good with some of the more modern songs that have an awful lot of 'doo wah wahs,' if you know what I mean, because I can't do anything with them.
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In my early years, I was much too ignorant and didn't realize how desperately important it all is, how really important the lyrics are. And for me as a singer, I am a lady who takes the lyrics first.
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Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves.
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I was a child prodigy who had a freak voice of something like four octaves.
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I do wish somewhere there was a film of our stage production of 'My Fair Lady.'
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My mother and stepfather were in Vaudeville. And my stepfather was an alcoholic. It was a lot of roller coaster times. But it's all I knew. I think they did the best they could under the circumstances, with me and all the family.
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I grew up knowing only war, so for me, it was the way things were. It wasn't pleasant by any means.
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Truthfully, I mostly can be as private as I want.
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