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“Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream.”
“I feel like there's a world of possibilities out there.”
“And what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something together who were all acting together as one - that's the most exciting time for me.”
“But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here.”
“First I wanted to be an ice skater, and then I saw 'Bye, Bye Birdie,' and everything changed. I'm glad I learned through the process of theater.”
“But my brother Joey was there, and my sister Tina Nina Minnelli was there.”
“What good is sitting all alone in your room?”
“It was no great tragedy being Judy Garland's daughter. I had tremendously interesting childhood years - except they had little to do with being a child.”
“He's a good tough producer, yes. But I don't think that he's unreasonable unless he feels threatened. And when somebody's in your home, I think everybody in the home gets threatened.”
“In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, 'Did he leave a will?' but 'Did he leave a diary?'”
“So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing. Performing was part of our world.”
“But I don't think there's any reason to get married again, especially after what I've been through.”
“Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star. We had no idea that other people would think we were special, because there was no other lifestyle to compare it to.”
“Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.”
“Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star.”
“The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.”
“Reality is something you rise above.”
“My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer.”
“Working with Dudley Moore was so hilarious. I don't know how we got anything done because everybody was laughing so hard, but he was such a wonderful man, and he had a kindness and a musicality and a dearness to him that was triumphant.”
“I walk fast. Keep moving. Always be a moving target. Marilyn Monroe taught me that.”