Vicki Lawrence Quotes
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.
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My favorite game shows were 'Password' and '$25,000 Pyramid.'
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I remember being totally enamored with Sid Caesar.
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I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
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I never got to Broadway. I would love to do that.
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Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
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I want to be open about my condition to show others that they are not alone in dealing with this form of chronic hives. My advice for people with CIU is to talk to their doctor about their condition.
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I am no prude, but when I watch comedy, I ask myself, 'Who wrote this? A teenage boy in the locker room?'
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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We all have somebody that sits down at the Thanksgiving table and says the most outrageous things, and you're doin' the dishes with your sister, and you're like, 'Omigod, can you believe she said that?'
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I think for people that are dealing with this out there, the important thing to know is that this is real. It's called CIU, and there are solutions out there for you.
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There is no such thing as a perfect mother.
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Harvey Korman was like a private tutor to me. He was such a mentor.
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I was married for 10 minutes into a Southern family.
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I feel it is time to lighten up and laugh about things and enjoy ourselves a little bit more.
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I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.
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I flew to New York to do a commercial back in the day when people could meet you at the gate, and the little agent when I came off the plane said, 'Oh, Miss Carr, we are so happy to have you here.' I went, 'Oh, for goodness sakes.'
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Everyone has a crazy old lady in their family like 'Mama.' No one ever comes up to me and says 'Mama' is just like them, so no one is ever offended by her. Even young people like to laugh at her. I think she helps kids appreciate their own grandmothers more.
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What I learned was that celebrities come to me with a preconceived notion. They think I'm fun, or they've worked with me, or they know me, or we've met. So there's a lot of backstuff on the 'Vicki!' show.
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It's just kinda what I did: played crazy old ladies.
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I think the older you get, the more 'let's cut to the chase' you get, 'let's quit quibbling about this, let's tell it like it is.'
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TV's been good to me.
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When I was in high school, in my generation, I thought that you got a logical, sensible job, or you got married.