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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

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

I'm glad I was born when I wa...

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 103 quotes

It's also selfish because it ...

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I'm into 'House of Cards.' 'B...

I'm into 'House of Cards.' 'Breaking Bad' - my God, did I binge on that!

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I do think there are some gre...

I do think there are some great female comics: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. They're the whole ball of wax.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

Giving birth is like taking y...

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

My preference is for people w...

My preference is for people who can do sketch comedy or situational comedy, where it's not a joke, but it's telling a story.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

In '57, I got a job at the Bl...

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 103 quotes

Celebrity was a long time in ...

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I liked myself better when I ...

I liked myself better when I wasn't me.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I love the writing. I love th...

I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

But I didn't ask to have some...

But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

On the good days, my mother w...

On the good days, my mother would haul out the ukulele and we'd sit around the kitchen table - it was a cardboard table with a linoleum top - and sing.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I never regretted turning dow...

I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I do the 'New York Times' cro...

I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

Comedy is tragedy - plus time...

Comedy is tragedy - plus time.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I don't have false teeth. Do ...

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

It's not a bad thing to be ab...

It's not a bad thing to be able to do many things onstage. If you're an entertainer, you should be able to entertain. I'm proud to say that I'm not a one-trick pony.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

I am not a person who yells a...

I am not a person who yells at all, but I realized that I have always felt so good after doing the Tarzan yell, after doing Charo, or screaming as Eunice.

Carol Burnett 103 quotes

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

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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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...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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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...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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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....