Susan Lucci

Actress

1947-12-23

Quotes by Susan Lucci

• I love spaghetti and meatballs... I eat a lot.

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• Erica Kane was a spectacular role for any actress to play, and I felt so lucky to be the one who got to do it.

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• My father was an ironworker who eventually co-founded a construction business. My mother, Jeanette, was a stay-at-home mom who had been an operating-room nurse until my older brother, Jimmy, was born.

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• I grew up loving Broadway musicals. I'd put on my parents' cast albums and stand on the stool and sing in the mirror.

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• You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness.

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• My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans.

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• The 'All My Children' studio was near Lincoln Center, and I used to see all the ballerinas and the dancers, and I thought, I don't want to bulk up; I want to have long, lean, toned muscles. And I found out that through Pilates, you can achieve those strong, lean dancer muscles.

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• I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is.

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• In 1949, when I was 2, my family moved from Yonkers, NY, to a development of brick houses in Elmont, a Long Island suburb of New York City. What I remember most about the house was the glider on our porch. I used to sit there evenings close to my father, Victor, as he talked about the moon and the stars. He taught me to dream big.

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• Life goes on, and I'm moving on to the next thing, but I hope the soaps that are still running will thrive. They have millions of loyal viewers.

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• It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.

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