Carol Channing
Actress
1923-01-31 – 2019-01-15
Carol Channing was an American actress, singer, and comedian.
Quotes by Carol Channing
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When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like to other people. And the moment you do it's a formula for yourself, and then you're imitating yourself, and then nobody likes you and they dont know why.
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When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like to other people. And the moment you do it's a formula for yourself, and then you're imitating yourself, and then nobody likes you and they dont know why.
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I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.
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I am finally a lady of leisure, and it suits me fine. For the first time in almost 10 decades, I don't have an agenda or a structure to my days.
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It's a terrible thing to admit, but I'm not sure I know what Women's Lib is.
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You know, if you're lucky enough to have two smash hit shows, the traffic of the world goes through your dressing room.
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I've never understood the use of vulgar language, but the definition of 'risque' is open to interpretation. I suppose I did many things in my shows that could be considered risque... at the time... right up until my 90s.
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I've gone on in a wheelchair. Another performance I did with no voice - and I had to apologize to the audience and whisper.
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Al Jolson turned the faucets on full in his dressing room when other people in the show he was in were getting applause.
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My favorite stage performance is the show I'm in at the moment. It's like being in love - you can't remember being in love with anybody else.
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