Ethel Merman quotes - page 2

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living. (Ethel Merman)
At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped-and I haven't had a cigarette since. View quote
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Any audience that gets a laugh out of me gets it while I'm facing them. View quote
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I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me. View quote
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Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver. View quote
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In my case, things have pretty much been handed to me. View quote
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I've made a wonderful living playing that theatrical character - the professional brassy dame. View quote
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As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand. View quote
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There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions. View quote
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Who's happy these days? View quote
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The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now. (Ethel Merman)
My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician. View quote
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I'll admit - I was honored to be on the cover of Time. View quote
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Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist. View quote
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I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them. View quote
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Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me. View quote
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I have plenty of invitations to go places, lots to do. If I'm not working, I go to have my hair taken care of and work at needlepoint. View quote
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I have been ambitious to be a somebody from the time I was 5 years old. View quote
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I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano. View quote
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I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals. View quote
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You'll never prove you're too good for a job by not doing your best. (Ethel Merman)
Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own. View quote
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I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures. View quote
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You gotta have a gimmick. View quote
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I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. View quote
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