Cheryl Ladd Quotes

I was the singing voice of a cartoon character. I did dog food commercials. I did a lot of commercials, actually, and helped pay my rent and my classes. Then I'd get one good line or two good scenes. I was building my career and building my own experience and learning technically what it was like to be on a set and all of those things.

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My mother could do absolutely anything. She was like Martha Stewart before such a thing existed.

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My mother has rheumatoid arthritis. I don't want to lose the ability to jump up and walk across the room or move around with the energy I'm used to having. That's far more important to me than a wrinkle or two.

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Don't overdo it. Don't over-diet, over-exercise, overeat, overdo the makeup, and don't stress out.

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You think you're in control, and you're trying to get that square peg in that round hole. You're frustrated, and you realize that you're not in control of everything. You need to just step back and let God.

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My mother, grandmother and older sister all cooked, so it was hard to get into the kitchen. So I have no talent for cooking. I was always out in the garage with my dad. I have a tool belt. I'm a repair chick.

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I always wanted to be tall, but I'm not, OK?

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There were nine children in my father's family and eight in my mother's. My grandparents did the best with what they had. After the Depression, they were scratching out a living and working hard. They kept the family going.

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I'm terribly sad about Farrah's passing. She was incredibly brave, and God will be welcoming her with open arms.

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Golf has been such a gift in my life, and I've enjoyed it so much and enjoyed lots of wonderful times on the golf course with my husband first, and then I got to play in all these celebrity tournaments. I'm often the only female celebrity in the tournament, hence the term 'Token Chick.' So it's been such a great, great gift in my life.

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Every time I start chasing my tail, and I'm trying to control all these elements of my universe, I pray, 'I'm not in control of any of this. I can just do the best I can. Please guide me. Please help me figure how I can move through this in the way You would have me.'

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We always seem to be a bit surprised that our children are reflecting stuff that we are showing them. I don't know about you, but every movie that I saw when I was a kid, I emulated. I was Haley Mills for an entire summer and had an English accent.

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I drew a line for myself. I never dated anyone that could hire me when I was first in Hollywood, and I think that kept me focused on what I was there to do and how I wanted to go about it. I took it a step at a time.

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If I can help get anybody through puberty, I say, 'Good!'

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I think life has a way of kicking you in the pants too, but you have to pick up and move ahead, and it certainly helps if you have a good partner in life.

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I love kids. I wanted more. I have two, but I would've had six or seven... I would have done that if I could.

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I'm mourning with the rest of the world for the talented, gorgeous, funny, intelligent John Forsythe but my heart is broken for the loss of my dear, dear friend and neighbor. I will miss him terribly.

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As you get older, you develop your style. For me, the simpler, the better.

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Two things I take very seriously in life. My golf game and my relationship with God. Neither one is simple.

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I've always been a strong family advocate. I had a wonderful family growing up.

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I don't think people will ever forget I was an 'Angel', anymore than they'll forget Sally Field was 'The Flying Nun.'

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I'm not a nervous flier. I realize it's still the safest form of travel.

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T.V. is the place to do the kind of films that were done in the 40s and 50s: the little guy against the system. There are so many opportunities in T.V. to do more character pieces. Everything is so hard-edged in features.

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I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions.

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I laugh a lot and count my blessings.

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Nobody just said, 'Here, be a star!' I've joked many times that I was a seven-year overnight success.

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I only had one focus and one direction, and I knew where my spirit and heart lived, and it was in singing and dancing and acting, being that. I know a lot of young people dream that, but it's good that it worked out for me because it was all I ever wanted to do.

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I walk four miles three or four times a week.

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The quality of films out there depends on how much responsibility we're willing to take. I try to play women who are positive and heroic.

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I'm very careful in the sunshine.

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You have to make peace with life.

- Cheryl Ladd