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“I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.”
“Music will bring you through... It brought me through.”
“My son, Todd Fisher- he has been such a wonderful son and brother.”
“I'm 78. We've lost a lot of our great stars. I can't hang out with those who aren't here. The phone service to Heaven is so bad, you know. But I get to visit with their memories.”
“When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.”
“Bette Davis was a close friend. She loved to have a good time.”
“Those were hard times, but I loved living there. I would walk on the tracks, hopping, skipping. I enjoyed the neighborhood, I enjoyed El Paso. I remember being chased by tumbleweeds on windy days; they came up to my neck.”
“Every performer should learn a little bit of everything.”
“I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth.”
“You all know who she is. There's very little she isn't.”
“I always loved to entertain and show off in front of the neighbors. I would sing and dance at their houses.”
“Well, one of the things I did was recreate her home in my home.”
“It's not natural to outlive your child. This has always been my greatest fear.”
“I think it's one thing to be able to dance, and it's another thing to learn all the wonderful moments of dance because in my day... it was the moving of dance.”
“I want happiness for my daughter - I want Carrie to be happy.”
“I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me.”
“Gene Kelly was a little tough, and he used to yell at me on the set.”
“We all knew each other in the neighborhood. I loved living in El Paso. I had a wonderful childhood there.”
“My mother, Maxine, was married at 16 to my father Raymond, and in 56 years together, he was the only man she ever had.”
“Manic depressive is a disease.”