Carol Burnett Quotes - Page 3

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• In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.

  Carol Burnett

  Jobs, Angel, Play

  "Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character". PBS Interview, www.pbs.org. August 24, 2008.

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• I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie - the networks just wouldn't spend the money today.

  Carol Burnett

  Stars, Two, Dancer

  "Comedian Carol Burnett dishes". Interview with Kate Fillion, www.macleans.ca. May 11, 2010.

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• You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in my case, it was ruled tabloids are magazines. Which means they didn't have the protection that a newspaper has.

  Carol Burnett

  Mean, Magazines, Tabloids

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• I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.

  Carol Burnett

  Meat, Poultry, Fishes

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• My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres.

  Carol Burnett

  Mother, Stars, Block

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• I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.

  Carol Burnett

  Wise, Writing, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it in me to come up with those kinds of characters.

  Carol Burnett

  Writing, Character, Thinking

  "Actress-comedienne Carol Burnett". The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. April 30, 2010.

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• My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.

  Carol Burnett

  Running, Grandmother, Eight

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• Well, I don't know how astute I am, but I did want to be a journalist when I was growing up.

  Carol Burnett

  Growing Up, Want, Astute

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• I always preferred working with somebody so I could look into their eyeballs and play tennis.

  Carol Burnett

  Play, Tennis, Looks

  "Actress-comedienne Carol Burnett". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 30, 2010.

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• I have a great memory.

  Carol Burnett

  Memories, Great Memories

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• I always had a weak chin because we couldn't afford to correct my bite, which could have been corrected with braces. So the chin was always weak. And I always was - kind of hated my profile. And I thought wouldn't it be nice someday to feel the rain on your chin without having to look up.

  Carol Burnett

  Nice, Rain, Looks

  "Carol Burnett: The 'Fresh Air' Interview". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. January 29, 2016.

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• No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or whatever, when you are a freshman at UCLA then - I guess it's still the same way - you had to take an acting class.

  Carol Burnett

  Art, Writing, Ucla

  Source: www.npr.org

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