"I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well."
"If you do a musical, it's really thrilling and it's a lot of work, but it's very rewarding. I would say, for me, what I like best is what I do, which is, I call it vaudeville, I call it live, I call it in concert, I call it what Bette Midler does, and what Garland did for years, and Ethel Merman."
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"I live right in front of my daughter. I have a little house right in front of her because I can stay in touch. It's like a little commune, and it's very nice, because you can be close. I can see my granddaughter. I live very close to my brother, too, and my son. We're a very close family."
"Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life."
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"I think you should control yourself a little bit, so you can walk, and when you die, you can walk to your own funeral."
"I never dreamt of being in the movies. I was from a very average, I would say, a rather poor family, so my big treat was to work hard all week - I mowed lawns and babysat and washed dishes and washed cars - to go to the movies."