Bea Arthur Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I can't imagine working without and audience.”

“I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice, and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can't stay home waiting for something different. I think it's a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting.”

“I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.”

“I really cut my teeth on off-off-off Broadway shows.”

“In sitcoms, the women are so beautiful, understanding and well-bred. They have humor, but sort of display it with a twinkle of the eye and not a guffaw. But there's no juice in that for me.”

“I really feel all my adult life has been spent in that little black box. If a wonderful part on TV came along I would do it. But I don't want to do a recurring role. It would just be my luck that the thing would be successful. I'm old enough now and also secure enough financially that I really only want to do what I want to do.”

“But that's one of the nice things about doing a stage show, if something doesn't work out, you have the luxury of working on it over time.”

“I'm very, very involved in charities involving youth.”

“No fruit. No veggie.”

“I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement. And I wasn't at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me.”