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Julie Andrews
English
Actress
About the author
I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Film
#Respect
#Music
#Sound
#Lady
The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Being
Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Right
#Work
#Past
#Opportunity
All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Time
#Love
Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#People
#Order
#Discipline
Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you're my only leading lady I've never slept with? I said, Well, please don't tell everybody, it's the worst image.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Leading
#Lady
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Perseverance
On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Women
If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Love
I've got a good right hook.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Right
I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Fool
I am an optimistic lady.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Lady
Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Joy
Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Singing
I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Thought
I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Work
#Authority
#Woman
#Money
I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Country
I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Today
I hate the word wholesome.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Word
#Hate
I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Love
I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Family
#Privacy
I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Love
#Career
#Singing
I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.
Julie Andrews,
English
Actress
#Time
#Being
#Father