A biography for Valerie Harperhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm now the poster child for not believing everything I'm told.”
“I know there are a whole bunch of 'Rhoda' rooters out there.”
“I'm painfully middle class.”
“I felt sharing my experience may be of value or assistance in some way to others.”
“Don't live in fear of dying.”
“When you age, you can do all kinds of roles. You don't have to look great. You can be the mom, the aunt. You can have a small part. You're an actor.”
“I don't know a great deal about Alzheimer's - just what it does.”
“I'm trying to live every moment as much as I can.”
“I'm talking about enjoying and finding pleasure and interest and happiness and curiosity every moment.”
“All of us are going to die. Every single one of us. So, while you're alive, be alive.”
“I don't have a reputation of being a super-witch who demands pink rugs in the dressing room.”
“I had always wanted a steady job in this business, a show that lasted.”
“I'm happier because I had to face what all of us try not to face: that we're going to die. It's a fact.”
“Don't waste the time you do have.”
“I am a cancer patient, and I continue to fight with the hope that a cure may be just around the corner. I am grateful to my family, friends, loved ones, and to fans that I am in their thoughts and prayers. That support gives me great hope.”
“Really appreciate the sunset as you're driving home, cursing all the terrible drivers on the road. Be where you are when you're there rather than out there in the future or back there in the past.”
“My stepmother Angela is an Italian from New York City. I based Rhoda on her and a Jewish friend named Penny Ann Green. People often said that Rhoda seemed to be Italian. That was the Angela seeping through.”
“I've had a good run; what more can I ask for?”
“Whatever happens, who cares.”
“We think it's food that matters the most, but exercise and food both matter.”