She's my Tallahassee lassie down in FLA.

He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for Lassie.

I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for the animals - like Lassie.

Guess we're going north," Dev said slowly. "Everyone, follow Lassie.Timmy's in the well.

Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.

Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in movies always die.

We each had to spend a week out at Lassie's ranch, and whoever got along best with the dog got the part.

I did Lassie for six years and I never had anybody come up to me and say, 'It made me want to be a farmer.'

Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right.

Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie.

I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog.

'Lassie' was amazing. I didn't have any scenes with humans. There's a couple little bits, here or there, but mainly just me and my horse and a couple of dogs in the Isle of Man.

People always remark on how I'm not as tall as I look in film. I tell them about the time I saw Lassie on a studio lot, and she was this tiny scruffy dog. Film makes you larger than life.

I've had no fewer than three young women on separate occasions come up to me at book signings and unzip their pants, turn around, and drop them to show me that they had 'Bonnie lassie' tattooed across their rumpuses!

I've always been an animal lover. I've grown up with dogs my whole life. I think that is what helped me get the role on 'Lassie', I was comfortable around the dog, where many of the kids were afraid or intimidated by Lassie.

If you stop and think about who was in the 'Lassie' movies, it's difficult to think who was in them, apart from Elizabeth Taylor. You remember the dog, not the people! So if you're going to be in a movie, and it's called 'Gremlins', it's going to be about Gremlins, and what people are going to remember are the Gremlins.

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