Michael Learned

Michael Learned
Michael Learnedis an American actress, best known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons. She has won a record four Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; three for The Waltons, and one for Nurse...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth9 April 1939
CountryUnited States of America
theater
I'm grateful that I have a theater career because television isn't kind to you when you're over forty.
insult love mean time
I don't mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, it's pretty straightforward. If you say, 'I love you,' you mean 'I love you.' There isn't time for anything more.
learning nobody pressures tv unless
Nobody can understand the pressures of doing an hour-long TV show unless you've done one. Even when you're not on call, you still are working, learning lines, doing appearances, just tense.
ambitious burner type
I got married very young and put my career on the back burner for the most part because that's what you did in those days. I've never been a pushy, ambitious type of person anyway.
love
All of us from 'The Waltons' still love each other. I think we're closer than some real families.
alone develop drawers kids married three time
I got married at 17, had three kids by the time I was 24, and have never had much time alone. I never had time to develop hobbies. Now, if I have nothing to do, I just find myself cleaning drawers incessantly.
When I was a girl, my grandmother would take me during the holidays to see the windows at Saks and Rockefeller Center.
running pride house
I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.
long sound seeing
For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried.
love-you mean television
I dont mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, its pretty straightforward. If you say, I love you, you mean I love you. There isnt time for anything more.