Julie Andrews Quotes - Page 2

English - Actress Born: October 1, 1935

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One of our books has been made into a musical, 'The Great American Mousical,' which I directed at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut. And another, 'Simeon's Gift,' has been adapted for a symphony orchestra and five performers. I'm also a very proud member of the board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Great, Gift, Proud, House, American, Our

Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing.

Music, Water, Loved, Always, Because

I'd say just go with the flow. And I take my hat off to any mother out there who works full-time and raises a family as well. It's hard work.

Family, Work, Hard Work, Mother, Hat, Go

I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.

Fool, My Own, Own, Would, Deny

Touring itself - and I was very young, and a lot of it I did by myself - it's lonely, but it does give you some kind of spine, I think. It does give you some kind of grit.

Myself, Think, You, Lonely, Young, Kind

I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.

Today, Think, Know, Like, Audience, Even

Truthfully, I mostly can be as private as I want.

Want, Private, Truthfully, Mostly

I think it's the essence of any film and any stage production - any work where you do work with other people - of course collaboration is hugely important. One does, for awhile, become family.

Family, Work, People, Think, You, Film

I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.

Work, Woman, I Am, Money, Believe, She

I like - I actually love classical music very much.

Love, Music, Like, Very, Classical Music

Did you ever notice the color of Mary Poppins' petticoats? They were kind of orange and apricot and red. I think she had a secret life going on there.

Life, Red, Think, You, Color, She

Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.'

Good, Hope, Fear, Time, Me, Face

I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.

Love, Singing, Career, Part, Adore, Came

The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same.

Camera, Same, Being, Thrill, Front

I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.

Father, Time, Roots, Too Much, Birth

I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being.

Nature, Father, Mother, Best, Character

Who would have thought that a story about a professor of phonetics would result in it being probably one of the great shows ever for musical theatre? It's a seemingly odd subject.

Great, Thought, Result, Theatre, Story

I'd say almost that words come first, melody second.

Words, Say, First, Melody, Come, Almost

I think birth and motherhood are not things that you're trained to do. You might have a good example in your own mum, but nobody teaches you how to be a really great mum.

Good, Great, Think, You, Nobody, Own

I've always seen the cup as half-full.

Always, Seen, Cup

I was raised never to carp about things and never to moan, because in vaudeville, which is my background, you just got on with it through all kinds of adversities.

You, Never, Things, Background, Just

I'm the lucky lady that was asked to be in those wonderful iconic pieces.

Lucky, Lady, Wonderful, Pieces, Iconic

Actually, what I did, because I couldn't make sense of it, and I have to have lyrics that make sense, I decided the best way to sing 'I Have Confidence' was to go completely nuts with panic and fear.

Confidence, Fear, Best, Way, Go, Nuts

Some of my own books are being developed - one as a Broadway musical.

My Own, Own, Books, Being, Some, Musical

I turned down 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brody' with Maggie Smith. I think she got the Academy Award.

Think, Award, Down, She, Miss, Got

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. - Julie Andrews

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.

Love, Time, You, Know, Changes, Shifts

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