Bea Arthur
Bea Arthur
Beatrice Arthur, also known as Bea Arthur, was an American actress, comedian, and singer. Her career spanned seven decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth13 May 1923
CountryUnited States of America
mother empty-rooms wish
I wish there was something more that performers could do other than get out there and sing at benefit performances. I wish I felt that if I had an empty room I'd like to bring in someone and make it a hospice, but I'm not Mother Teresa. I can't do that.
animal hands years
Many years ago, I was in a Broadway show and I had to wear a fox fur around my shoulders. One day my hand touched one of the fox's legs. It seemed to be in two pieces. Then it dawned on me.... her leg had probally been snapped in two by the steel trap that had caught it.
imagine audience i-can
I can't imagine working without and audience.
actresses feels bits
I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.
cutting broadway teeth
I really cut my teeth on off-off-off Broadway shows.
real actors just-being
I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.
baseball lovely crowds
I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!
roles hell being-myself
I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.
pressure roles movement
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.
tv-shows play tvs
I was raised in the theater and, as it turned out, a TV show was like performing a new one-act play. So, it was really no different.
california towns small-town
I come from a small town in Maryland. I came to California in 1972 to begin Maude.
beautiful feet blonde
All this time I've just wanted to be blonde, beautiful and 5 feet 2 inches tall.
beautiful eye understanding
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.
believe earth forget
I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it.