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Liza Minelli
American
Entertainer
About the author
You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Sense
#Parents
#Humor
Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
If we had a hard time, my mother would sit me down and we would talk about it, and she kept talking and kept processing until we started to laugh about it.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Talk
#Time
#Mother
#Talking
Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Parents
#Growing up
To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Public
#May
#Business
#Reality
The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Fear
#Tomorrow
#Yesterday
My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Mother
#Father
#Artist
You have to work hard for it, but first you have to want it, and then you have to dream on it.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Want
#Work
#First
#Dream
I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Help
#Disease
I feel like there's a world of possibilities out there.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Possibilities
#World
I feel like I haven't done my best work yet.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Work
I am deeply saddened by the death of my dear friend, Dudley Moore.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Death
#Friend
Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Hollywood
#Growing up
Anything is possible in this world. I really believe that.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#World
And what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something together who were all acting together as one - that's the most exciting time for me.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Acting
#Time
#People
#Trying
#Project
I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Dreams
#Mother
#Future
#Father
So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing. Performing was part of our world.
Liza Minelli,
American
Entertainer
#Dance
#Family
#World