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I think the hardest thing to ...

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

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

Funny is funny. I dare anyone...

Funny is funny. I dare anyone to look at Tim Conway and Harvey Korman doing the dentist sketch, which is more than 40 years old, and not scream with laughter.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

My childhood was rough, we we...

My childhood was rough, we were poor and my parents were alcoholics, but nobody was mean. I knew I was loved. We were on welfare, but I never felt abandoned or unloved.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I loved the Kennedy Center Ho...

I loved the Kennedy Center Honors because you just sit there, smile, wave, and cry.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Bal...

Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Ball were so unique.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

We all get where we're going ...

We all get where we're going by circuitous journeys, and some of the setbacks are warranted.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I don't eat much meat, fish, ...

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

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

Edgy is fine - I'm not a prud...

Edgy is fine - I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination - but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I come from Texas, and my gra...

I come from Texas, and my grandmother and mother were born in Arkansas.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

But I don't begrudge anybody,...

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

My favorite is doing the tele...

My favorite is doing the television show, as a variety show, every week. If the show wasn't that great one week, we could always come back and apologize, you know?

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

As far as sitcoms go, I thoug...

As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

My grandmother and I followed...

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 103 quotes

You know, one wonderful thing...

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 103 quotes

When I was in college at UCLA...

When I was in college at UCLA, I took a playwriting course. I was all set to be a writer. But I had to take this acting class as a theater arts major. I had to do this scene in a one-act comedy. I just said this line, and then... this laugh happened. I thought, 'Whoa. This is a really good feeling. What have I been missing?'

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

It costs a lot to sue a magaz...

It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

You have to really want it, a...

You have to really want it, and don't take it personally if you don't get a job. Because sometimes you're not the type. And sometimes it's somebody else's turn.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I loved doing 'The Family' wi...

I loved doing 'The Family' with Eunice and Mama. They were very interesting because there were no jokes written into those sketches. It was all character-driven. And sometimes it got a little heavy.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

You have to go through the fa...

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I'm hooked on Glenn Close in ...

I'm hooked on Glenn Close in 'Damages.'

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....