Mary Tyler Moore Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“No, I tell you what I like is having the play close after a decent run and looking back on it and saying, yes, I did that, and wasn't it wonderful? Because while you're doing it, it is really tough. It is so hard.”

“Well, Rhoda was, I think, the last actress that we saw. There had been so many wonderful actresses who were close, really close. But there was no magical epiphany.”

“I can't eat pure sugar. I can't have candy.”

“I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.”

“But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.”

“I know the food groups that I like to have and are good for me and those that I have to stay away from. And so, I don't need to know exactly what I'm going to eat, but I take my insulin probably 20 minutes before I'm going to sit down.”

“I need insulin to stay alive. It's just therapy to keep going. What I can do is make sure that I keep my blood sugar down to a reasonable level. I can exercise, and I can eat properly. And insulin plays a very big part in that.”

“Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it.”

“I don't know how to do the other, so I won't even consider television until the audience's taste changes.”

“I live in New York simply because I don't know any better. I moved there when the show went off the air a couple of years after that.”