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
My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres.
I've always been able to recount things and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.
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.
I always preferred working with somebody so I could look into their eyeballs and play tennis.
Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief.
My interesting diet tips are eat early and don't nosh between meals. I mean, I can pack it away.
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.
Daddy, when he drank, just became sweeter. There wasn't a mean thought in his body. I've always said he was like a drunk Jimmy Stewart.
Have you noticed that all you need to grow healthy, vigorous grass is a crack in your sidewalk? Having a baby is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
If you see a kid in school, who is a little shy ... that's when you should reach out. When you do, you are going to open up a flower and discover something wonderful.
I don't remember a time when I wasn't waiting for a scab either to grow or to fall off my knee.
I couldn't get the laughter out of my head. It wasn't career. It wasn't even a choice. It was a calling.
But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.
I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.