A biography for Teri Garrhasn’t been written yet.
“What's happening to me is I'm still happy and functioning, being able to listen to music, see good movies, read good books. What else is there that I can't, you know, I mean, I'm OK.”
“I don't want to sound hoity-toity, but people told me I should watch 'Cheers' because it's very funny. So I watched it, and I just went, 'This is the great show of the universe?' To me, acting is making characters believable, not just doing jokes.”
“It doesn't help to contemplate how sad your life is. You have to move on.”
“There were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had many tests, no one diagnosed MS.”
“I want to write about my experiences since 'Speedbumps.'”
“I try to laugh as much as possible and enjoy the company of people who can make me laugh.”
“I thought, 'If I can't be prom queen, I can dance 'Les Sylphide.'”
“I had been nominated for an Academy Award for my performance as Sandy Lester, Dustin Hoffman's neurotic, struggling actress girlfriend, in 'Tootsie.' Under Sydney Pollack's direction, 'Tootsie' had been a runaway hit starring Dustin as an unemployed actor who pretends to be a woman in order to land a role in a soap opera.”
“Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I now appreciate what I have and I am not running around like a rat in a maze.”
“When you're a kid, you should be a kid.”
“Elvis used to have parties at his house - and I've told this story a million times - but they weren't really parties, because there was no chips or dip. Just Elvis and his boys watching TV, and him making funny comments, and everybody laughing at them. Is that a party? Not really. But that's Hollywood.”
“Being a successful Hollywood actress may be challenging, but little did I know that the very body that had always been my calling card would betray me.”
“My father died when I was 11. He was a vaudeville comedian. He worked in one movie, 'Ladies of the Chorus,' as Marilyn Monroe's father.”
“A chiropractor wishes he were a doctor, just like those people outside Spago wish they were actors.”
“I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career.”
“I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting.”
“I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go.”
“What's worse in Hollywood, being handicapped or being a woman over 50?”
“People aren't so interested in seeing movies about women's problems.”
“I'm always like this with a new movie role. I always get super-defensive and make noises like a rooster, Maybe that's because I spent so much time as a chorus girl.”