Vicki Lawrence Quotes
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Yes, I love playing Mom.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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I think it is a universal problem that we are so often cruel to the people we love.
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Life is much too serious to be taken seriously.
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The thing that everybody loves about the 'Burnett Show' was that you felt like you were really there - all that fun stuff stayed in the show, and I think that's why everybody remembers it so fondly because that just doesn't happen anymore on television.
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A lot of the things that loved ones say to each other, friends would never accept.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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When the opportunity came along to do 'Win, Lose or Draw,' I took it selfishly to find out if I did enjoy being me on camera. And I did that for the last two years I was doing 'Mama's Family.'
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Ru Paul knew details of the 'Burnett Show' that even surprised me.
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I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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'Mama's Family' was kind of like everyone's guilty pleasure.
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I think I'm pretty average. Typical.
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That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
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I've always thought George Carlin was brilliant.
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I hear from many a man around Halloween that's dressed up as Mama for Halloween. It's a great costume.
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I feel like my life has been very serendipitous and really kind of humorous. Everything that's happened to me has been like an, 'Omigod, are you kidding me?'
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I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.
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I went to Vietnam during the Vietnam War to visit all the troops. We would fly into a hospital and serve mess to the guys, and we ate whatever they were eating. Then we slept there and flew out the next day to little bases where there were maybe 10 or 20 guys. Then we flew to another hospital.
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CIU is not something to just tolerate. It's important to find an allergist or dermatologist who can work with you to help manage your condition.
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I really am a cockeyed optimist.
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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
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I'm very particular about what I want.
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I was really a shy kid.