Debbie Reynolds Quotes

Robert Wagner was my greatest crush.

- Debbie Reynolds

Crush, Greatest, Wagner, Robert

In life, I'm like Molly Brown. I've had tough times along the way and gone through experiences that many women have gone through. But I ain't down yet.

- Debbie Reynolds

Through, Like, Molly, Brown

We were very poor, and I entered a talent contest as a young teenager because if you entered, even if you didn't win, they gave you a free blouse.

- Debbie Reynolds

Young, Very, Entered, Contest

I'm going to stay on stage until I drop dead. Then I'm going to have myself stuffed, like Trigger, and I'm going to put me in a museum.

- Debbie Reynolds

Drop, Like, Going, Trigger

I'm a sucker for a good movie.

- Debbie Reynolds

Good, Movie, Good Movie, Sucker

I had a normal life; we didn't meet movie stars. We lived in Texas where you had rollerskates, and if you got a bicycle, that was a very big gift.

- Debbie Reynolds

Gift, Normal, Very, Normal Life

He caressed my backside. I had heard that he was famous for his 'admiration' of the ladies, but I didn't expect him to be handling my booty. As handsome as Prince Philip is, I wasn't sure if he was making a pass or just exercising some royal rights to squeeze the foreigners.

- Debbie Reynolds

Handsome, Some, Squeeze, Philip

My son, Todd Fisher- he has been such a wonderful son and brother.

- Debbie Reynolds

Son, Wonderful, Been, Todd

Lana Turner and Ava Gardner were my special friends at MGM.

- Debbie Reynolds

Special, MGM, Were, Turner

Everything about the studio was enormous. You walked through the gates of iron, and it was palatial looking. The first day, I was introduced to Clark Gable. He said, 'Hello, kid. Welcome to MGM. I'm just leaving.'

- Debbie Reynolds

Through, Studio, Clark Gable, MGM

All the training at MGM came to be a great help for me on 'Molly Brown.'

- Debbie Reynolds

Help, Molly, Came, MGM

I can pick good food, but I can't pick a good man.

- Debbie Reynolds

Man, Good Man, Pick, A Good Man

I was just a beginner, and she and I were not in any manner alike, but we got along very well because I was in awe of going to school with Elizabeth Taylor.

- Debbie Reynolds

Very, Elizabeth, Taylor, None

My first husband ran off with Elizabeth Taylor.

- Debbie Reynolds

Husband, Elizabeth, Taylor, None

If your husband's going to leave you for anyone, it might as well be Elizabeth Taylor.

- Debbie Reynolds

Going, Elizabeth, Taylor, None

Old age is a wonderful time of life. At least, that's what everyone tells you. But let me tell you: it is not true. What's true is that your hips, knees and ankles gradually give up on you - everything is quite dreadful, really. And it was a terrible thing to have told us because we believed it.

- Debbie Reynolds

Tell, Knees, Least, Terrible Thing

Those were hard times, but I loved living there. I would walk on the tracks, hopping, skipping. I enjoyed the neighborhood, I enjoyed El Paso. I remember being chased by tumbleweeds on windy days; they came up to my neck.

- Debbie Reynolds

Remember, I Remember, Times, Windy

I wanted to have no ribs. I wore what was called a waist-nipper in those days. My mother made it. It's a piece of rubber band I wore around to hold my rib cage in. I don't know why I always loved that. I guess I was a glutton for punishment. I think I was born one of those people who loved swords and fought in armor.

- Debbie Reynolds

Why, I Think, Fought, Swords

I was just like Jennifer Aniston with Brad Pitt when he fell in love with Angelina Jolie.

- Debbie Reynolds

Love, Like, Jennifer, None

I just think my life's been really blessed, because being in show business, I've met wonderful people, and I've traveled all over the world.

- Debbie Reynolds

Think, Over, Been, Traveled

I wish I could have been more enlightened at 18 and learned more about men because I could have avoided all the traps.

- Debbie Reynolds

I Wish, Been, Learned, Traps

I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth.

- Debbie Reynolds

Making, Like, Stopped, Filth

I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.

- Debbie Reynolds

Well, Receiving, Gave, Gratifying

I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

- Debbie Reynolds

Play, Year, Weeks, All Year

Carrie is my child, and I love her with every ounce of strength I possess.

- Debbie Reynolds

Love, Her, I Love, Ounce

My lifetime dream has been to assemble and preserve the history of the Hollywood film industry.

- Debbie Reynolds

Dream, Hollywood, Been, Film Industry

We slept in the park before we had a house, and eventually we shared a home - my parents, my grandparents and five uncles, my family, all of us - on White Oaks Street by Magnolia Street near the railroad. Those were hard times, but I loved living there.

- Debbie Reynolds

Grandparents, Before, Shared, Oak

We all knew each other in the neighborhood. I loved living in El Paso. I had a wonderful childhood there.

- Debbie Reynolds

Childhood, Living, Other, Neighborhood

That's what I love about dance. It makes you happy, fully happy.

- Debbie Reynolds

Love, Happy, I Love, Fully

I should see a board of directors who should vote on who I should date.

- Debbie Reynolds

See, Date, Directors, Board

I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me.

- Debbie Reynolds

Movie, Over, Still, Understood

I had the sets that meant so much to this character built - right in my home, especially the kitchen, which was important both for her character and for your introduction to her when Albert comes to visit.

- Debbie Reynolds

Meant, Which, Sets, Kitchen

I loved to party with the Rat Pack; they were so much fun.

- Debbie Reynolds

Loved, Rat, Rat Pack, So Much Fun

Well, one of the things I did was recreate her home in my home.

- Debbie Reynolds

Her, Well, One Of The Things, Recreate

I don't think you can ever be bitter about anything, because if you don't allow your heart to stay open, then all you have is a filled heart of hate and bitterness, and you're never able to love or like anybody.

- Debbie Reynolds

Love, Anybody, Allow, Open

Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.

- Debbie Reynolds

Dream, Dancer, Fred Astaire, Astaire

I loved Fred Astaire's way of dancing. He led you into the dance.

- Debbie Reynolds

Dancing, Loved, Led, Astaire

Fred Astaire was retired when he worked in 'The Pleasure of His Company.' They were lucky to get him to play the father part.

- Debbie Reynolds

Play, Lucky, Pleasure, Astaire

Gene Kelly was one of the greatest dancers of all time and a taskmaster. He sought from you the absolute best - and he got it.

- Debbie Reynolds

Dancers, Gene, Sought, None

'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' was my favorite for me to be in because it was all dancing. There were other musicals that I made with Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly that were wonderful pictures, and we had a lot of fun making them.

- Debbie Reynolds

Dancing, Other, Donald, None

Gene Kelly was hard on me, but I think he had to be.

- Debbie Reynolds

Think, I Think, Gene, None

Gene Kelly was a little tough, and he used to yell at me on the set.

- Debbie Reynolds

Set, Yell, Gene, None

I was raised to think that if you behaved badly with men, you went to hell. I realise now it is puritanical and not very adult.

- Debbie Reynolds

Think, Badly, Puritanical, Behaved

So many things that happen to you are so dreadful, it's important to have a sense of humour.

- Debbie Reynolds

Important, Happen, Humour, Dreadful

I like being a Girl Scout.

- Debbie Reynolds

Girl, Like, Being, Being A Girl

I knew Mrs. Liberace. Lee and I were great friends. I know the whole inside story.

- Debbie Reynolds

Inside, Knew, Whole, Great Friends

I'm 78. We've lost a lot of our great stars. I can't hang out with those who aren't here. The phone service to Heaven is so bad, you know. But I get to visit with their memories.

- Debbie Reynolds

Bad, Here, Hang, Visit

Everyone I dated was gay.

- Debbie Reynolds

Gay, Everyone, Dated

It's not natural to outlive your child. This has always been my greatest fear.

- Debbie Reynolds

Your Child, Always, Been, Outlive

I spent some special years in my hometown of El Paso.

- Debbie Reynolds

Hometown, Special, Some, El Paso

Liberace - or Lee, as us friends called him - was great. He was gay, you know.

- Debbie Reynolds

Know, Liberace, Lee, Gay

I always feel, as a mother does, that I protect her. Who will do that when I'm gone?

- Debbie Reynolds

Mother, Her, Always, Protect

I believed that the husband takes care of the family, and the wife takes care of him, and they are true to each other. I know that sounds a romantic illusion, but it can be true.

- Debbie Reynolds

Wife, Be True, Other, Believed

You don't get there the easy way. If you feel sorry for yourself, and you let yourself go down, you will drown.

- Debbie Reynolds

Will, Go, Feel, Drown

I always loved to entertain and show off in front of the neighbors. I would sing and dance at their houses.

- Debbie Reynolds

Always, Show, Entertain, Front

All of my husbands have robbed me blind.

- Debbie Reynolds

Me, Blind, Husbands, Robbed

We were very old-fashioned. My preacher at church told me I could not go in to the movies because it would make me a 'wanton woman.'

- Debbie Reynolds

Woman, Could, Very, Wanton

Hollywood has been an enormous part of my life, as I know it has been for countless fans all over the world.

- Debbie Reynolds

My Life, Over, Been, Countless

Bette Davis was a close friend. She loved to have a good time.

- Debbie Reynolds

Loved, She, Close Friend, Good Time

I've always been a good mother, but I've always been in show business, and I've been on stage, and I don't bake cookies and I don't stay home.

- Debbie Reynolds

Business, Always, Been, Bake

Manic depressive is a disease.

- Debbie Reynolds

Disease, Depressive, Manic

It takes a long time to realize a situation is for real, and then you finally face it.

- Debbie Reynolds

Face, Long Time, Finally, Situation

My dreams kind of came through when I went to see the cinema.

- Debbie Reynolds

Kind, Through, See, Cinema

I went to the school of hard knocks.

- Debbie Reynolds

School, Hard, Knocks

'Singin' in the Rain' and childbirth are two of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

- Debbie Reynolds

Rain, My Life, Childbirth, Singin

It took, like, 30 years for Carrie to be really happy with me. I don't know what the problem ever was. I've had to work at it.

- Debbie Reynolds

Work, Like, Took, Carrie

I want happiness for my daughter - I want Carrie to be happy.

- Debbie Reynolds

Happiness, Happy, Want, Carrie

My husbands all repeatedly said the same thing - that I was not a very passionate woman.

- Debbie Reynolds

Same, Very, Repeatedly, Husbands

It seemed that I was more interested in raising my children, not in pursuing my husbands.

- Debbie Reynolds

Raising, Pursuing, Seemed, Husbands

My mother, Maxine, was married at 16 to my father Raymond, and in 56 years together, he was the only man she ever had.

- Debbie Reynolds

Father, Years, Had, Raymond

People used to call her Debbie Reynolds' daughter. Now they call me Princess Leia's mother!

- Debbie Reynolds

Mother, Call, Leia, Daughter

I think it's one thing to be able to dance, and it's another thing to learn all the wonderful moments of dance because in my day... it was the moving of dance.

- Debbie Reynolds

Learn, Think, I Think, Moving

I'm very religious. I believe that things happen, and you have to go along with them.

- Debbie Reynolds

Happen, Religious, Very, Things Happen

As a parent, you must give your opinion. And if that causes a breach, then it causes a breach.

- Debbie Reynolds

Parent, Give, Breach, Opinion

I don't have an agent - I have the William Morris Agency.

- Debbie Reynolds

Agent, William, Morris, Agency

Too many mothers have lost their children, for thousands of different reasons.

- Debbie Reynolds

Mothers, Reasons, Too, Different Reasons

I don't know fancy big words, because I didn't have a rich mother who sent her to fancy schools.

- Debbie Reynolds

Words, Fancy, Big, Sent

I love having my ghosts, and I love having my memories.

- Debbie Reynolds

Love, I Love, Having, Memories

We didn't have any real proper school. We did not have a place to go to learn to dance and the joy of dancing.

- Debbie Reynolds

School, Dancing, Learn, Dance

I loved music and dance, and that was exciting to me.

- Debbie Reynolds

Music, Loved, Exciting, Dance

I have very poor taste in men, and I married all the wrong men.

- Debbie Reynolds

Poor, Taste, Very, Married

You just never give up. You do a task to the best of your abilities and beyond.

- Debbie Reynolds

Never, Give, Task, Ability

When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.

- Debbie Reynolds

You, Were, Did, Contract

The truth is I loved an audience.

- Debbie Reynolds

Truth, Loved, Audience, Truth Is

I got to sing a wonderful song called 'I Ain't Down Yet.' Well, I ain't.

- Debbie Reynolds

Song, Wonderful, Well, Sing

It's very hard when your child doesn't want to talk to you and you want to talk to them, and you want to touch them, you want to hold them.

- Debbie Reynolds

Want, Touch, Very, Your Child

My marriages have been one of the greatest voids in my life.

- Debbie Reynolds

Life, My Life, Been, Marriages

You don't have to be angry and become an ugly person.

- Debbie Reynolds

Angry, You, Person, Ugly

If love alone could cure our children, they would always be well.

- Debbie Reynolds

Love, Alone, Always, Cure

Drama's unhappy, and playing someone unhappy would make me unhappy.

- Debbie Reynolds

Unhappy, Someone, Would, Drama

Every performer should learn a little bit of everything.

- Debbie Reynolds

Learn, Performer, Should, Little Bit

I wanted to be as comfortable in that environment as she was. I moved around those areas in character.

- Debbie Reynolds

Character, Environment, She, Moved

I'm always sad to see a relationship not work, but what happens between two people is not my business.

- Debbie Reynolds

Work, Business, Always, Two People

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

- Debbie Reynolds

Boredom, Wanted, Even, Familiarity

Travel is hard, but entertaining is joy.

- Debbie Reynolds

Travel, Joy, Hard, Entertaining

I'm an Aries and sort of a challenge to myself.

- Debbie Reynolds

Myself, Sort, Challenge

Music will bring you through... It brought me through.

- Debbie Reynolds

Music, Through, Brought, Bring

We were rather poor, but we always had what we needed.

- Debbie Reynolds

Always, Rather, Were, Needed

I've had to walk through a lot of my tears.

- Debbie Reynolds

Through, Had, Lot, Tears

That's my business, show business.

- Debbie Reynolds

Business, Show, Show Business

You have to believe in yourself.

- Debbie Reynolds

Yourself, Believe, You, Believe In Yourself

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