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The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now
I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes.
The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now.
Legend has it that when God created me, he gave me a big distinctive voice, a lot of boldness and no heart.
If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill.
Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.
Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own.
My career at Warner Brothers consisted of one musical short subject. I was running around in a bear skin. Very chic.
There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman.
My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician
I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time
As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand
My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician.
As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.
I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
I mentioned that I was thinking of getting out of the business after Call Me Madam. I thought maybe I should become a homebody.
I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures.
I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me
I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me.
I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals
I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint
I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals.
I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint.
At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since.
I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.
I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?
I told her that there was something about Christmas carols that always brought tears to my eyes. I added that I also cry at weddings. To me weddings are very solemn occasions. I should have cried at a couple of my own.
Now what kind of an attitude is that, 'These things happen?' They only happen because this whole country is just full of people who, when these things happen, they just say, 'These things happen,' and that's why they happen! We gotta have control of what happens to us.
The only things I read are gossip columns. If I read three pages of a book, I'm out like a light. When I pick up the book again, I've forgotten what I've read and have to start over again. By page three, even if I've just awakened from a nine -hour nap, I fall asleep again. So if anyone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures.
I remember Tallulah (Bankhead) telling of going into a public ladies' room and discovering there was no toilet tissue. She looked underneath the booth and said to the lady in the next stall, 'I beg your pardon, do you happen to have any toilet tissue in there?' The lady said no. So Tallulah said, 'Well, then, dahling, do you have two fives for a ten?'