Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnettis an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer, whose career spans six decades of television. She is best known for her long-running TV variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, for CBS. She has achieved success on stage, television, and film in varying genres including dramatic and comedy roles. She also has appeared on various talk shows and as a panelist on game shows...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth26 April 1933
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.
Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.
What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly the way I would talk to you.
What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it in me to come up with those kinds of characters.
I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.
As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing.
My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away.
If you want to know the feeling [of labor pain], just take your bottom lip and pull it over your head.
I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie. The networks just wouldn't spend the money today.
Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief.
I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.
I always preferred working with somebody so I could look into their eyeballs and play tennis.
I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.
The first time someone said, 'What are your measurements?' I answered, '37, 24, 38 - but not necessarily in that order.'