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In The Old Days It Was Important, But Not As Important As It Is Today, To Keep Making Success After Success After Success. It's Terrifying Today. You Can Maybe Have One So-so Movie But You've Got To Come Back With Another That's Huge, If Possible, And That Must Be Very, Very Difficult For Young Talent.

It Is America That Gave Me So Much In My Life. It Wasn't Until I Came To America That My Life Just Exploded In So Many Ways. So For Me, I Think In A Way, Though I'm English, I've Been Living The American Dream And I'm Eternally Grateful To Americans For Allowing Me To Do What I Love Doing The Most.

When I Start To Write, I See My Stories As A Kind Of Movie. For Instance, I Ask Myself, "what Kind Of Opening Do I Want For This Book?"

There Will Be Many Times In Your Lives--- At School, And More Particularly When You Are A Grown Up---when People Will Distract Or Divert You From What Needs To Be Done. You May Even Welcome The Distraction. But If You Use It As An Excuse For Not Doing What You Suppose To Do, You Can Blame No One But Yourself. If You Truly Wish To Accomplish Something, You Should Allow Nothing To Stop You, And Chances Are You'll Succeed.

I Would Like To Make One Thing Quite Clear. ... I Never Explain Anything.

If You Just Literally Stand Still For A While, Listen And Think, Things Will Eventually Get Sorted Out.

My Books Have Three W's On Them, Which Are "words," "wisdom," And "wonder." Words Inevitably Lead To Wisdom, And Wisdom Inevitably Leads To Wonder And Awe At This Phenomenal World Around Us.

Words Of Wisdom

I Do Think, Where Would Kids Be If It Weren't For You And For The Good Pediatricians, And For The Good Parents? I Passionately Believe In Sitting A Child On Your Lap And Tracing The Lines Of The Book With Your Finger, And They Can Read Before They Know They Can, If You Bother Enough. I Did It With My Kids, And They're Doing It With Their Kids Now.

I Was Lucky Enough To Be The Lady That Was Asked To Be Maria In The Sound Of Music, And That Film Was Fortunate Enough To Be Huge Hit. The Same With Mary Poppins. I Got Terribly Lucky In That Respect.

I Am Very Proud To Be British. I'm Very Conscious Of Carrying My Country With Me Wherever I Go. I Feel I Need To Represent It Well.

Some People Regard Discipline As A Chore. For Me, It Is A Kind Of Order That Sets Me Free To Fly.

I Don't Want To Be Thought Of As Wholesome.

I Saw The Sound Of Music Again Recently, And I Loved It. Probably It's A More Valuable Film Now Than When It First Came Out, Because Some Of The Things It Stood For Have Already Disappeared. There's A Kind Of Naive Loveliness About It, And Love Goes By So Fast ... Love And Music And Happiness And Family, That's What It's All About. I Believe In These Things. It Would Be Awful Not To, Wouldn't It?

I Don't Sing The Way I Used To, So I'm Doing Everything I Can To Put The Word Out That They Shouldn't Expect That.

When Children Ask Me What's My Favorite [role], I Say To Them, "imagine Having Ten Beautiful New Puppies In A Basket And You Had To Say Which One Is Your Favorite, And You Simply Couldn't Because You Love Them All For Different Reasons." Poppins Was Such A Learning Experience, As Was The Sound Of Music. I Tell You, Every One Of Them Just Helped Me Grow In What I Do And Did And Each One Was Such A Phenomenal Working Experience.

I Don't Think Today's Younger Audience... Would Even Know What 1920s Musicals Were Like.

Use Your Knowledge, And Your Heart, To Stand Up For Those Who Can't Stand, Speak For Those Who Can't Speak, Be A Beacon Of Light For Those Whose Lives Have Become Dark.

Success Is Terrifying. Like Happiness, It Is Often Appreciated In Retrospect. It's Only Later That You Place It In Perspective. Years From Now, I'll Look Back And Say, ‘god, Wasn't It Wonderful.’

I Think Family Matters To Me Enormously. In Fact, Family Is The First Priority. If My Family Is Good, I Can Do Anything. If They're Not, I'm A Basket Case.

Don't You Get A Swollen Head. There's Always Someone Who Could Come And Do What You Do, Maybe Even Better, So Be Grateful And Work Hard.

I Google'd Myself A Lot Of Times Believe Me. A Lot Of People Know More About Me Than I Knew.

I Think That The Best Way To Explain That Is That My Mother Gave Me All The Color And Character And Flare And Liveliness, And My Father Gave Me All The Sanity And Nature And All The Things That Helped Me Be A More Rounded Human Being.

Have You Noticed How Nobody Ever Looks Up? Nobody Looks At Chimneys, Or Trees Against The Sky, Or The Tops Of Buildings. Everybody Just Looks Down At The Pavement Or Their Shoes. The Whole World Could Pass Them By And Most People Wouldn't Notice.

Behaving Like A Princess Is Work. It's Not Just About Looking Beautiful Or Wearing A Crown. It's More About How You Are Inside.

Beginnings Are Always Hard.

Sometimes Opportunities Float Right Past Your Nose. Work Hard, Apply Yourself, And Be Ready. When An Opportunity Comes You Can Grab It.

Where The Lord Closes A Door, Somewhere He Opens A Window.

Sound And Music

My Life Has Been So Fortunate. I Have Had Most Extraordinary Good Fortune In My Life. I Sort Of Put It Into Three Categories, The Three Major Stepping Stones. One Being London Hippodrome Theater Stage Debut When I Was 12, When It Started My Career. The Second Being Going To Broadway. And The Third Going To Hollywood. Each One Of Those Happened Under The Most Extraordinary Circumstances.

I Feel An Enormous Responsibility To Bridge The Gap Between England And America, And Be A Sort Of Very Quiet Ambassador For My Country To Try To Sort Of Do A "hands Across The Water" Thing Where They Understand England And English People Understand Americans. I Adore America.

Because Of The Thames I Have Always Loved Inland Waterways - Water In General, Water Sounds - There's Music In Water. Brooks Babbling, Fountains Splashing. Weirs, Waterfalls; Tumbling, Gushing.

Perseverance Is Failing 19 Times And Succeeding The 20th.

You Always Do That With Movie Musicals. You Prerecord And Then You Lip-synch To Playback.

I Would Be A Fool To Deny My Own Abilities.

I Am Told That The First Comprehensible Word I Uttered As A Child Was 'home.

I Think It's The Essence Of Any Film And Any Stage Production - Any Work Where You Do Work With Other People - Of Course Collaboration Is Hugely Important. One Does For Awhile Become Family.

I Don't Sing The Way I Used To, So I'm Doing Everything I Can To Put The Word Out That They Shouldn't Expect That.

I Certainly Embrace All The Movement That's Going On These Days About Equality For Women And Equal Rights. In General, I Would Apply That To All Nationalities And All Races. I Think We Do Need More Awareness, Generosity, And Compassion Than We Have Right Now. But In Terms Of Feminism, I Embrace It Wholeheartedly. Not In A Kind Of Militant Way, But I've Always Known That It Matters.

I Was Fortunate Enough To Work At The Peak Of The Great Golden Age Of Musicals. And Then For Awhile, I Think They Were Being Advanced In Different Ways. Andrew Lloyd-webber Brought The Rock Beat To Musicals; People Tried Different Things. The Joy Of Musicals Is That There Is No Perfect Recipe; It Is What You Throw Into It.

I Think It's The Essence Of Any Film And Any Stage Production - Any Work Where You Do Work With Other People - Of Course Collaboration Is Hugely Important. One Does For Awhile Become Family.

These Days, People Like Me Who Are In The Arts Are Perceived As Celebrity Writers. That Really Makes Me Angry Because I Expend A Great Deal Of Effort And Spend An Enormous Amount Of Time On My Books. And I've Been Writing Now For 35 Years.

Hopefully, I Brought People A Certain Joy. That Will Be A Wonderful Legacy.

I Do Ask Myself Sometimes, What Am I Doing Writing About Animals That Talk Like We Do? But I Guess It's Okay If It Brings Across A Point.

Once In A While I Experience An Emotion Onstage That Is So Gut-wrenching, So Heart-stopping, That I Could Weep With Gratitude And Joy. The Feeling Catches And Magnifies So Rapidly That It Threatens To Engulf Me.

Growing Up In England, Of Course You Do Absorb Certain Ways The Royals Wave Their Hands And Carry Themselves. Like Most Girls, I Fantasized About Being Some Sort Of A Princess.

I Adored My Birth Father And Constantly Worried That I Was Being Disloyal To Him And His Schoolteacher Roots If I Spent Too Much Time Performing And Enjoying It.

I Work Out As Little As I Can For As Much Gain As I Can. Yoga And A Little Bit Of Ballet -- Only 30 Or 40 Minutes Every Other Day. I Keep Supple For Myself More Than For Roles.

Success Is Failing Nineteen Times And Soaring The Twentieth.

If You're Passionate About What You Do, Then Go For It Wholeheartedly. Be Prepared That If Anytime, You May Be Surprised By A Phenomenal Opportunity That May Come Your Way, And That's When I Say, Do Your Homework. Be Ready.

Don't You Get A Swollen Head. There's Always Someone Who Could Come And Do What You Do, Maybe Even Better, So Be Grateful And Work Hard.

I Do Ask Myself Sometimes, What Am I Doing Writing About Animals That Talk Like We Do? But I Guess It's Okay If It Brings Across A Point.

Broadway Is A Tough, Tough Arena For Singing.

And I Think As Long As A Song Has Beautiful Lyrics, I'm So Happy.

Of Course, You Can Say It Backwards, Which Is Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupus, But That's Going A Bit Too Far, Don't You Think?

Garry Marshall Is A Joy. I Feel So Utterly Safe In His Hands.

I Miss Singing Very, Very Much, But The Best Thing Is I Have Never Been Busier.

I Suppose Partially Because Of The Success Of The Early Movies And Things Like That, I Began To Realize, That Children Do Look Up To You In Some Way, And There Is A Responsibility For How You Behave With Them. I Know That It's Important To Make Them Feel Very Valuable, Not To Talk Down To Them.

I Have Always Wished I Could Learn To Be A Potter. I Love Collecting Ceramics; It Would Be So Fulfilling To Create Something Lovely.

When I Read To Children, I Try To Become The Characters. It's Great If You Can Make A Separate Voice For Each Character. Sometimes You Can Lower Your Voice With Excitement Or Get More Intimate About It: You Can Lean Forward And Engage The Children As A Narrator Or As A Reader. It's Particularly Important That You Find The Voice That You Want To Use For Each Character, Because Then Children Can Imagine That Person As You're Reading Aloud. And Of Course, The Illustrations Help Enormously.

A Library Takes The Gift Of Reading One Step Further By Offering Personalized Learning Opportunities Second To None, A Powerful Antidote To The Isolation Of The Web.

Perseverance Is Failing 19 Times And Succeeding The 20th.

If You Remain Calm In The Midst Of Great Chaos, It Is The Surest Guarantee The It Will Eventually Subside

It Is America That Gave Me So Much In My Life. It Wasn't Until I Came To America That My Life Just Exploded In So Many Ways. So For Me, I Think In A Way, Though I'm English, I've Been Living The American Dream And I'm Eternally Grateful To Americans For Allowing Me To Do What I Love Doing The Most.

Books Make Great Gifts Because They're Everybody's Favorite Things.

Favorites Things

I Was Lucky Enough To Be The Lady That Was Asked To Be Maria In The Sound Of Music, And That Film Was Fortunate Enough To Be Huge Hit. The Same With Mary Poppins. I Got Terribly Lucky In That Respect.

I've Got A Good Right Hook.

I Certainly Wouldn't Compare The Rewards Of Watching One's Children Grow And Mature With That Of Money Piling Up At The Box Office. Both Are Pleasant, But To Varying Degrees. As The Old Saying Goes, You Can't Take An Audience Home With You. You Can't Depend On The Loyalty Of Fans, Who, After All Is Said And Done, Are Just Faceless People One Seldom Sees. And Few Stars Have Their Fans Forever. But A Child Is Forever. That Bond And Relationship Is Timeless And Doesn't Depend On Your Looks, Age Or Popularity At The Moment.

It Is Not Enough To Reach For The Brass Ring. You Must Also Enjoy The Merry Go Round.

Garry Marshall Is A Joy. I Feel So Utterly Safe In His Hands.

All Careers Go Up And Down Like Friendships, Like Marriages, Like Anything Else, And You Can't Bat A Thousand All The Time.

You Never Feel Lonely If You're Writing, Because You're Living With All These Characters In Your Head.

It's Lovely That The Hollywood Stars Are Crossing Over To Broadway.... There Used To Be Such A Dividing Line In The Country Between Hollywood And The Theatre And That's Just Melting Away. It's Just Wonderful Right Now!

Well It's All Right To Cry. It Helps A Great Deal Sometimes.

Mary Poppins Is Magical And Fun.

After All, Children Are Children No Matter Their Background.

The Librarians That I've Spoken To, The Teachers And The Librarians Who Really Care And Do Advise Parents And Children Of What's Good And What's Out There, They Are Very Special. They Have A Kind Of Wisdom That A Lot Of People Don't Have.

Can I Give Them What They Think They're Going To Get From Me? That's Always The Big Question.

Sadly I Don't Sing. I Missed It For A Long Time, But My Daughter Emma Said Something Wonderful When I Was Feeling Blue One Day: "mom, You've Just Found A Different Way Of Using Your Voice, And That's With Your Books." In A Way, She's Right. It's Just A Different Way Of Expressing What I Feel About Music, Individuality, Art And All The Things I've Always Loved.

If I Am Able To Sing Again It Will Be Through Some Miracle Operation. There's A Lot Of Work Being Done To Help Singers Regain Their Voices, But In My Case I Actually Lost Vocal Tissue So It's Very Hard For My Chords To Rub Together And I Need To Replace That Tissue. I Remain Optimistic But Not Tremendously So.

I Hope That When Children Read My Stories That They Evoke Images For Children. I Four Stories Can Help Children Use Their Own Imaginations And Lead Them To Act The Stories Out Or To Embark On Related Research, They Will Learn More And Learn To Love Reading More.

These Days, People Like Me Who Are In The Arts Are Perceived As Celebrity Writers. That Really Makes Me Angry Because I Expend A Great Deal Of Effort And Spend An Enormous Amount Of Time On My Books. And I've Been Writing Now For 35 Years.

For The Last Time, You Cannot Wear That Cropped Fleece Vest

Success Is Terrifying. Like Happiness, It Is Often Appreciated In Retrospect. It's Only Later That You Place It In Perspective. Years From Now, I'll Look Back And Say, ‘god, Wasn't It Wonderful.’

Once Upon A Time, There Was A Magic Kingdom Made Of Hopes And Childhood Fantasies. A Timeless Place Where Every Land Was Filled With Wonder. A Place Where Everyone Who Entered Its Gates Would Be Given The Gift Of The Young At Heart.

Sadly I Don't Sing. I Missed It For A Long Time, But My Daughter Emma Said Something Wonderful When I Was Feeling Blue One Day: "mom, You've Just Found A Different Way Of Using Your Voice, And That's With Your Books." In A Way, She's Right. It's Just A Different Way Of Expressing What I Feel About Music, Individuality, Art And All The Things I've Always Loved.

So Many Things That You Can Ask Children Hopefully Pique Their Interest And They Can Design And Think For Themselves. Having Children Draw And Illustrate What They Saw In Their Minds' Eyes During The Story Is A Tremendous Teaching Aid.

I Have Always Wished I Could Learn To Be A Potter. I Love Collecting Ceramics; It Would Be So Fulfilling To Create Something Lovely.

I Do Think, Where Would Kids Be If It Weren't For You And For The Good Pediatricians, And For The Good Parents? I Passionately Believe In Sitting A Child On Your Lap And Tracing The Lines Of The Book With Your Finger, And They Can Read Before They Know They Can, If You Bother Enough. I Did It With My Kids, And They're Doing It With Their Kids Now.

I Am Told That The First Comprehensible Word I Uttered As A Child Was 'home.

Be A Part Of All That Is Decent And Be An Ambassador For The Kind Of World That You Want To Live In.

And I Think As Long As A Song Has Beautiful Lyrics, I'm So Happy.

Once In A While I Experience An Emotion Onstage That Is So Gut-wrenching, So Heart-stopping, That I Could Weep With Gratitude And Joy. The Feeling Catches And Magnifies So Rapidly That It Threatens To Engulf Me.

I Love Singing, And I Came To Absolutely Adore It In The Later Part Of My Career.

I'd Like To Be An Original, To Be Myself And Not A Pale Copy Of Anyone Else.

I Suppose Partially Because Of The Success Of The Early Movies And Things Like That, I Began To Realize, That Children Do Look Up To You In Some Way, And There Is A Responsibility For How You Behave With Them. I Know That It's Important To Make Them Feel Very Valuable, Not To Talk Down To Them.

I Would Like To Make One Thing Quite Clear. ... I Never Explain Anything.

As A Rule, My Focus Is On Classical Music, But I Love Jazz. I Love Everything, Actually.

Classical Music

Feed The Body Food And Drink, It Will Survive Today. Feed The Soul Art And Music, It Will Live Forever.

For The Last Time, You Cannot Wear That Cropped Fleece Vest

The World Is Full Of Magical Places, And The Library Has Always Been One Of Them For Me. A Library Can Be That Special Place For Our Children.

I've Been Blessed To Be At The Right Place At The Right Time.

Hopefully, I Brought People A Certain Joy. That Will Be A Wonderful Legacy.

I'm Thrilled In A Way Because Musicals Should Be Preserved. It's Mostly Unique To America, And They Give Us So Much Joy.

I Can't Believe 50 Years Have Gone By Since That Film Was Released. I Blinked And Suddenly Here I Am. We All Really Felt Blessed And As For Me; How Lucky Can A Girl Get. Great Music Does More Than Enhance A Film, It Cements Our Memories In The Film Going Experience.

I Play With My Grandchildren. I Tend To My Garden, Which I Love. Of Course, I Love To Read, And Family Is Really What It's All About.

I Hate The Word Wholesome.

There Is No Greater Thrill Than To Sing With A Beautiful Orchestra.

Because I Come From The Theater, I Use The Images Of The Theater And Of Movies A Great Deal When I Write. I See The Story In My Head. I Have To Break Down The Outline Of A Story First. I Have To Know Where I'm Going. Usually I Have A Good Beginning And A Good Ending, And Then I Think, "now I Have To Find My Way Through It."

As You Become Older, You Become Less Judgmental And Take Offense Less. But Marriage Is Hard Work; The Illusion That You Get Married And Live Happily Ever After Is Absolute Rubbish.

I'm Never Lonely When I'm Writing, Because You Live With The Characters That Are So Alive In Your Mind. And You Really See Them And Know Them And Get To Be Friends With Them.

When Adversity Hits, Go Out And Learn Something.

I Am An Optimistic Lady.

I've Never Minded Being Disciplined. I'd Always Rather Have A Quiet Evening In Than Go To A Wild Party. Discipline For Me Has Always Been The Foundation Which Leaves Me Free To Fly.

I Thought It Was All A Flash In The Pan. It Wasn't Until Broadway Came Along That I Felt I Had Really Made It.

I Was Named After My Two Grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth.

I Work Out As Little As I Can For As Much Gain As I Can. Yoga And A Little Bit Of Ballet -- Only 30 Or 40 Minutes Every Other Day. I Keep Supple For Myself More Than For Roles.

Miracles, Contrary To Popular Belief, Do Not Just Happen. A Miracle Is The Achievement Of The Impossible, And It Is Only When We Put Aside Out Greed, Anger, Pride And Prejudice So That Our Minds Are Open And Ready To Accept It, That A Miracle Can Occur.

Dear Lady Gaga , Thank You For The Wonderful Tribute. Oh My God, It Really Warmed My Heart!

In A Way I Do Hate The Process Of Writing. It's Like Learning A Role Where You Never Think You're Going To Be Able To Conquer It When You Start And It Just Takes Enough Focus And Narrowing And Getting Enthusiastic And Not Losing It And So On. It's Never Good Enough, But You Aim For Something And You Hope It Comes Somewhat Close. But It Is A Pleasure Once You Have Written It.

Singing Has Never Been Particularly Easy For Me.

If I'm Reading About A River Or The Trees Or The Wind Blowing Or The Stars At Night, If You Can Hear That In The Music In Some Way, You've Wedded The Two And Your Imagination Takes Off. To Be Able To Hear That In Music Is Really Important.

I Adored My Birth Father And Constantly Worried That I Was Being Disloyal To Him And His Schoolteacher Roots If I Spent Too Much Time Performing And Enjoying It.

I Have Been Called A Nun With A Switchblade Where My Privacy Is Concerned. I Think There's A Point Where One Says, That's For Family, That's For Me.

I Hope That When Children Read My Stories That They Evoke Images For Children. I Four Stories Can Help Children Use Their Own Imaginations And Lead Them To Act The Stories Out Or To Embark On Related Research, They Will Learn More And Learn To Love Reading More.

The Librarians That I've Spoken To, The Teachers And The Librarians Who Really Care And Do Advise Parents And Children Of What's Good And What's Out There, They Are Very Special. They Have A Kind Of Wisdom That A Lot Of People Don't Have.

It's All About Giving Back, Helping People And Encouraging People. I Love To Do That.

I Feel An Enormous Responsibility To Bridge The Gap Between England And America, And Be A Sort Of Very Quiet Ambassador For My Country To Try To Sort Of Do A "hands Across The Water" Thing Where They Understand England And English People Understand Americans. I Adore America.

Leave Every Place You Go, Everything You Touch, A Little Better For Your Having Been There.

Sometimes Opportunities Float Right Past Your Nose. Work Hard, Apply Yourself, And Be Ready. When An Opportunity Comes You Can Grab It.

I Am A Liberated Woman. And I Do Believe If A Woman Does Equal Work She Should Be Paid Equal Money. But Personally I Am Feminine And I Do Like Male Authority To Lean On.

The Old Fairy Tales Are Very, Very Violent, And These Days I Think We Could Do With A Little Less Of It.

Singing Has Never Been Particularly Easy For Me.

Every Time I Do Anything, I Have To Ask Myself: Is It A Good Role, And Is It Right To Do It? There May Be Sex Or Nudity Or Violence In The Script, And Then You Have To Say: Is It Gratuitous Just Out To Shock People? Or Is It There Because It Has To Be? If A Role Demands It, And It Isn't Gratuitous, I'll Do It. It's My Job, After All. I'm An Actress.

I Would Be A Fool To Deny My Own Abilities.

Of Course, You Can Say It Backwards, Which Is Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirupus, But That's Going A Bit Too Far, Don't You Think?

Books Make Great Gifts Because They're Everybody's Favorite Things.

Favorites Things

I Google'd Myself A Lot Of Times Believe Me. A Lot Of People Know More About Me Than I Knew.

I Play With My Grandchildren. I Tend To My Garden, Which I Love. Of Course, I Love To Read, And Family Is Really What It's All About.

I Don't Think Today's Younger Audience... Would Even Know What 1920s Musicals Were Like.

Where The Lord Closes A Door, Somewhere He Opens A Window.

Sound And Music

If You Can Instill A Love Of Reading In Your Children, They Will Be Ahead Of The Curve At School And In Their Lives In General. Their Imaginations Will Be Stimulated. I Thank Heavens For The Father That Gave Me That To Begin With.

All Love Shifts And Changes. I Don't Know If You Can Be Wholeheartedly In Love All The Time.

Because Of The Thames I Have Always Loved Inland Waterways - Water In General, Water Sounds - There's Music In Water. Brooks Babbling, Fountains Splashing. Weirs, Waterfalls; Tumbling, Gushing.

I Was Raised Never To Carp About Things And Never To Moan, Because In Vaudeville, Which Is My Background, You Just Got On With It Through All Kinds Of Adversities.

Success Is Failing Nineteen Times And Soaring The Twentieth.

The Thrill Of Being In Front Of A Camera Remains Exactly The Same.

Amateurs Practice Until They Get It Right. Professionals Practice Until It Can't Go Wrong.

The Music And Lyrics Of Rodgers & Hammerstein Connect Seamlessly. Singing Those Beautiful Songs Was A Joyous Experience For Me, And One That I Will Never Forget.

My Husband Knows Me Better Than Anyone.

Miracles Are Happening Every Day. I Do Think That's True. If You Can Take The Time To Look. It Took Me A While To Learn That, Though Some Children Know It Instinctively And They Do Have Wonder When They Are Kids. But The Trouble Is, As We Grow Older, We Lose It.

Miracles Are Happening Every Day. I Do Think That's True. If You Can Take The Time To Look. It Took Me A While To Learn That, Though Some Children Know It Instinctively And They Do Have Wonder When They Are Kids. But The Trouble Is, As We Grow Older, We Lose It.

The Film Industry Is A Cyclical Business. Even Musicals Are Coming Back.

It's All About Giving Back, Helping People And Encouraging People. I Love To Do That.

Behaving Like A Princess Is Work. It's Not Just About Looking Beautiful Or Wearing A Crown. It's More About How You Are Inside.

Words Are What Make The Song. I Get A Personal Vision About What The Lyrics Are About.

Personal Vision

If The Director Says You Can Do Better, Particularly In A Love Scene, Then It Is Rather Embarrassing.

So Many Things That You Can Ask Children Hopefully Pique Their Interest And They Can Design And Think For Themselves. Having Children Draw And Illustrate What They Saw In Their Minds' Eyes During The Story Is A Tremendous Teaching Aid.

I Always Knew I Had This Voice, But It Wasn't Until I Was In My 20s That I Realized I Had The Power To Do Something With It.

Unfortunately Something Always Has To Go By The Wayside.

My First Memoir, 'home,' Was About My Childhood, Early Training And Formative Years In The Theater, I Am So Pleased That My Good Friends At The Hachette Book Group Have Encouraged Me To Share The Next Phase Of My Life, Beginning With My Arrival In Hollywood And The Wonderful Movies And Television Programs I Was Asked To Be A Part Of.

The Anateur Works Until They Get Something Right. The Professional Works Until They Can't Go Wrong.

Professional Work

If I'm Reading About A River Or The Trees Or The Wind Blowing Or The Stars At Night, If You Can Hear That In The Music In Some Way, You've Wedded The Two And Your Imagination Takes Off. To Be Able To Hear That In Music Is Really Important.

I've Been Blessed To Be At The Right Place At The Right Time.

You Always Do That With Movie Musicals. You Prerecord And Then You Lip-synch To Playback.

Broadway Is A Tough, Tough Arena For Singing.

In A Way I Do Hate The Process Of Writing. It's Like Learning A Role Where You Never Think You're Going To Be Able To Conquer It When You Start And It Just Takes Enough Focus And Narrowing And Getting Enthusiastic And Not Losing It And So On. It's Never Good Enough, But You Aim For Something And You Hope It Comes Somewhat Close. But It Is A Pleasure Once You Have Written It.

I Think Of Part Of Myself As A Very Passionate Person, But I Don't Think That Comes Across. I Don't Know Where It Comes From, That Reserve Or Veneer Of British Niceness. But It Doesn't Bother Me If Other People Don't Spot The Passion. I Know It's There.

It Is Not Enough To Reach For The Brass Ring. You Must Also Enjoy The Merry Go Round.

I'm Never Lonely When I'm Writing, Because You Live With The Characters That Are So Alive In Your Mind. And You Really See Them And Know Them And Get To Be Friends With Them.

My Life Has Been So Fortunate. I Have Had Most Extraordinary Good Fortune In My Life. I Sort Of Put It Into Three Categories, The Three Major Stepping Stones. One Being London Hippodrome Theater Stage Debut When I Was 12, When It Started My Career. The Second Being Going To Broadway. And The Third Going To Hollywood. Each One Of Those Happened Under The Most Extraordinary Circumstances.

When In Doubt, Stand Still.

If The Director Says You Can Do Better, Particularly In A Love Scene, Then It Is Rather Embarrassing.

If Somebody Can Act Out One Of The Books As A Play, If They Can See A Play, Film, Or Television Show That's Related, That Can Be So Stimulating For Them. Anything That Makes Children Engage And Think - And Love What The Story Is About - Can Only Bring The Most Enormous Rewards.

I'm Thrilled In A Way Because Musicals Should Be Preserved. It's Mostly Unique To America, And They Give Us So Much Joy.

I Am A Liberated Woman. And I Do Believe If A Woman Does Equal Work She Should Be Paid Equal Money. But Personally I Am Feminine And I Do Like Male Authority To Lean On.

In Every Job That Must Be Done, There Is An Element Of Fun. You Find The Fun And - Snap - The Job's A Game!

I Miss Singing Very, Very Much, But The Best Thing Is I Have Never Been Busier.

If You're Tearing Around In A Panic About Something, Then It Puts Everyone Else In A Panic As Well.

There Will Be Many Times In Your Lives--- At School, And More Particularly When You Are A Grown Up---when People Will Distract Or Divert You From What Needs To Be Done. You May Even Welcome The Distraction. But If You Use It As An Excuse For Not Doing What You Suppose To Do, You Can Blame No One But Yourself. If You Truly Wish To Accomplish Something, You Should Allow Nothing To Stop You, And Chances Are You'll Succeed.

Steadiness Is Coming Up Short 19 Times And Succeeding The Twentieth.

My Sense Of The Family History Is Somewhat Sketchy, Because My Mother Kept A Great Deal To Herself.

I Hate The Word Wholesome.

My Husband Knows Me Better Than Anyone.

For Me, Singing Was Always About The Lyrics. I'm Hopeless At Singing Songs That Don't Have A Core.

Dear Lady Gaga , Thank You For The Wonderful Tribute. Oh My God, It Really Warmed My Heart!

As My Mother Said, I Never Sprang Out Of Bed With A Glad Shout! My Voice Needed Oiling And Then It Took Off.

The Old Fairy Tales Are Very, Very Violent, And These Days I Think We Could Do With A Little Less Of It.

Quite Often I'll Turn On The Television And Something Like Sound Of Music Will Be On Or Victor/victoria And I Might Watch A Moment Or Two. But I Don't Actually Sit Down And Say I'm Going To Watch One Of My Movies.

The Film Industry Is A Cyclical Business. Even Musicals Are Coming Back.

You Never Feel Lonely If You're Writing, Because You're Living With All These Characters In Your Head.

I Was Raised Never To Carp About Things And Never To Moan, Because In Vaudeville, Which Is My Background, You Just Got On With It Through All Kinds Of Adversities.

Feed The Body Food And Drink, It Will Survive Today. Feed The Soul Art And Music, It Will Live Forever.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even Though The Sound Of It Is Something Quite Atrocious! If You Say It Loud Enough You'll Always Sound Precocious. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

When I Start To Write, I See My Stories As A Kind Of Movie. For Instance, I Ask Myself, "what Kind Of Opening Do I Want For This Book?"

Beginnings Are Always Hard.

All Love Shifts And Changes.

Use Your Knowledge, And Your Heart, To Stand Up For Those Who Can't Stand, Speak For Those Who Can't Speak, Be A Beacon Of Light For Those Whose Lives Have Become Dark.

Sometimes I'm So Sweet Even I Can't Stand It.

Positive Attitude

I Certainly Embrace All The Movement That's Going On These Days About Equality For Women And Equal Rights. In General, I Would Apply That To All Nationalities And All Races. I Think We Do Need More Awareness, Generosity, And Compassion Than We Have Right Now. But In Terms Of Feminism, I Embrace It Wholeheartedly. Not In A Kind Of Militant Way, But I've Always Known That It Matters.

It's Lovely That The Hollywood Stars Are Crossing Over To Broadway.... There Used To Be Such A Dividing Line In The Country Between Hollywood And The Theatre And That's Just Melting Away. It's Just Wonderful Right Now!

I Am Very Proud To Be British. I'm Very Conscious Of Carrying My Country With Me Wherever I Go. I Feel I Need To Represent It Well.

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