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Annette Funicello
American
Actress
About the author
Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#People
#America
I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Heart
#Disney
I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Man
#Disney
#Caring
I was not prepared to live as a single parent.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Mouse
I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Thought
#Disney
#Father
I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Men
#states
#United
#Women
For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Disability
Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Learning
At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#American
#Beginning
As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Hope
#Comfort
#Country
#Travel
As I grew older, I came to feel more responsible for any hardship or trouble my career caused my family.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Family
#Trouble
#Career
#Hardship
Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Children
#Television
#Animation
Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Public
#Growing up
The Lord has been with me throughout my life. He's never let me down.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Life
When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Life
#Change
Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Dreams
Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Career
#Ambition
#Tenacity
Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Years
#Today
#Experience
#Television
#Listening
To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Now
#Being
#Disney
#Impression
In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Hollywood
#Present
#Fame
#Birthday
The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Thought
#Failure
#Divorce
Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Sisters
#Guests
#Mouse
Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Being
#Mother
My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Heart
#Friend
#Soul
#Mouse
MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Illness
Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Deep
#Disney
Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Life
#Film
#Disney
#Scouting
Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Problems
#Children
#Family
#Today
#Mouse
Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Life
#Fame
#Mouse
The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.
Annette Funicello,
American
Actress
#Children
#Mouse