Nell Carter Quotes
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Oh, I miss the excitement and immediacy of Broadway and the theaters.
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I've managed to completely reeducate myself into making eating secondary. I used to eat all the time because the food was there. Now I feel like a kid in school who is gaining points for behaving. And I love myself for it.
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Whenever I work, I'm never really happy. I'm always second-guessing.
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Rich means you have to stay there to maintain it.
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When I first found out I had diabetes I denied it.
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No one teaches you how to be graceful.
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'Gimme a Break' ran for six years and gave me the kind of money and freedom that I'd dreamed would make me happy. It didn't.
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Of all the unhappiness I went through, you must know I wouldn't live a moment of my life differently for what I have now. Would I do it all again? I wouldn't want to, but if it got me to the same place, yeah, I'd do it. Because I realize now that God would not give more than I could handle.
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I'm not very kind about marriage. I will never get married again.
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I think that anyone who denies their heritage doesn't deserve their destiny. My grandmother was a maid. She put nine children - eight of them - through college; I did not finish college.
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I had a pretty rough life. I got caught up in the star syndrome. It's not something I'm proud of, but it's something that I'm glad is over.
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New York is a good city for not having to get fat.
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All of us should do what we want and have to do. We can only limit ourselves.
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It's exciting to sing in the place where you pay your taxes.
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Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and having people stick me with a needle.
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I always look forward to getting back East. I miss the cold weather and the Jewish delis.
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One bad review can destroy me. It hurts so bad.
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You have to put on more faces to pretend who you are.
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I'm at my best when there's distance between me and a man.
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I was never totally into marriage, and I wasn't a very good wife.
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I think when you're happy, emotions are right near the top - mine definitely are. I cry easily, I laugh easily, I lose my temper easily... and I beg for forgiveness easily.
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For me, you can put on something by Bach, and I'll feel better.
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If I'm with someone for too long, I begin feeling trapped.
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Most performers don't get a chance to sing in Los Angeles.