KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Teri Garr Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Teri Garr

Showing 81-90 of 114 Quotes by Teri Garr

If there's ever a woman who's smart, funny, or witty, people are afraid of that, so they don't write that. They only write parts for women where they let everything be steamrolled over them, where they let people wipe their feet all over them.

~Teri Garr

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Teri Garr

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The Academy not only knew I existed, they thought I was good!

~Teri Garr

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Teri Garr

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I'd like to play something classical. I'm in the Strindberg society, and we do readings of Strindberg plays. I'd love to do Nora in 'A Doll's House.' And Chekhov. I have been working back to back on what I call 'regular jobs,' so it's hard to do plays.

~Teri Garr

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


How come women are treated differently from men all the time? Not only handicapped people, but women - and handicapped women, forget it!

~Teri Garr

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I was trying to work, but I noticed that people, if they had any inkling of the idea that I was sick or had MS... people shunned me. No work after that.

~Teri Garr

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There are several drugs out right now that can't stop multiple sclerosis, but they can slow it way down. They also made me puff up like a balloon. So I looked horrible. I hated that.

~Teri Garr

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


My next book's title is going to be, 'I Have One Foot in the Grave and Another on a Banana Peel.'

~Teri Garr

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I didn't tell people because I didn't want pity, and I was afraid I wouldn't get work. But others with MS need to know they are not alone. We don't have to be victims.

~Teri Garr

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: December 11th, 1944

Links

Find Teri Garr on Amazon

Related Authors

Bette Davis
Marlene Dietrich
Judy Garland
Helen Hayes
Katharine Hepburn
Angelina Jolie
Marilyn Monroe
Mae West

Popular Authors

Susan B. Anthony Isaac Asimov W. E. B. Du Bois Anthony Bourdain Dalai Lama Douglas Macarthur John C. Maxwell John D. Rockefeller

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1915 - Thomas Merton

1919 - Jackie Robinson

1543 - Ieyasu Tokugawa

1543 - Tokugawa Ieyasu

1752 - Gouverneur Morris

1784 - Bernard Barton

1797 - Franz Schubert

1857 - James Huneker

1868 - Theodore William Richards

1872 - Zane Grey

Birthdays on January 31st
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Computers Family Humor Jealousy Music Religion Science War