Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Mooreis an American actress, known for her roles in the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which she starred as Mary Richards, a thirty-something single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis; and The Dick Van Dyke Show, in which she played Laura Petrie, a former dancer turned Westchester homemaker, wife and mother. Her notable film work includes 1967's Thoroughly Modern Millie and 1980's Ordinary People, in which she played a role that...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth29 December 1936
CountryUnited States of America
Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow.
I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that.
There is a dark side. I tend not to be as optimistic as Mary Richards. I have an anger in me that I carry from my childhood experiences - I expect a lot of myself and I'm not too kind to myself.
A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.
I don't know how to do the other, so I won't even consider television until the audience's taste changes.
Lou Grant was pretty much always Lou Grant
There are certain things about me that I will never tell to anyone because I am a very private person. But basically, what you see is who I am. I'm independent, I do like to be liked, I do look for the good side of life and people. I'm positive, I'm disciplined, I like my life in order, and I'm neat as a pin.
There's one beneficial effect of going to Moscow. You come home waving the American flag with all your might.
The only leading man I ever had a crush on was James Garner.
I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts.
When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this.
I do watch a lot of Fox News. I like Charles Krauthammer and Bill OReilly.
I'm an experienced woman; I've been around. ... Well, all right, I might not've been around, but I've been ... nearby.
Three things have helped me successfully go through the ordeals of life -- an understanding husband, a good analyst and millions of dollars.