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Doris Roberts
American
Actress
About the author
With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Life
#People
#Talent
#Attitude
You know I'm an actress, not just a funny lady.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Lady
#Funny
You can't show me an ad on TV with hard bodies and say I have to buy that car. You have to tell me why that car is better and safer than another car.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Car
You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Old
#Woman
#Mind
When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Play
#Laughter
When I go, if there's a tombstone it will say, She doesn't give in. She doesn't give up. And she never takes no for an answer.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Will
There's no magazine you open, unless its AARP, that shows a woman over the age of 45 in any other light, other than having to buy Depends or Viagra.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Light
#Woman
#Open
#Age
The minute you're born, you're getting older.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
Everybody's a teacher if you listen.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
Love them for who they are, and what they are they are; they are not you. Good stuff, isn't it? You have to live 73 years to get that.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Love
#Years
If someone is mean, harmful, or evil, they're out of my life. I cross them out.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Life
#Evil
I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I am no longer on this planet.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Want
#Time
#Learning
I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that was her identity. Sad. Those cameras wouldn't leave her alone. She didn't know where to hide.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Actor
#Identity
I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Women
Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into life. Do something for someone else.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Life
#Food
#Choice
#Lie
#Humor
My awards are lovely. I love to show them of.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Love
#Awards
You can change my mind, but you gotta work harder at it.
Doris Roberts,
American
Actress
#Work
#Mind
#Change