Quotes from Julie Andrews

The librarians that I've spoken to, the teachers and the librarians who really care and do advise parents and children of what's good and what's out there, they are very special. They have a kind of wisdom that a lot of people don't have.

You know, making an animated movie is such a lonesome thing. You mostly don't see your fellow actors or anything. You go into your booth, you record all your dialogue. It's very much an issue of trust. You leave it all up to the director.

When children ask me what's my favorite [role], I say to them, "Imagine having ten beautiful new puppies in a basket and you had to say which one is your favorite, and you simply couldn't because you love them all for different reasons." POPPINS was such a learning experience, as was THE SOUND OF MUSIC. I tell you, every one of them just helped me grow in what I do and did and each one was such a phenomenal working experience.

I'm never lonely when I'm writing, because you live with the characters that are so alive in your mind. And you really see them and know them and get to be friends with them.

I work out as little as I can for as much gain as I can. Yoga and a little bit of ballet -- only 30 or 40 minutes every other day. I keep supple for myself more than for roles.

Every time I do anything, I have to ask myself: Is it a good role, and is it right to do it? There may be sex or nudity or violence in the script, and then you have to say: Is it gratuitous just out to shock people? Or is it there because it has to be? If a role demands it, and it isn't gratuitous, I'll do it. It's my job, after all. I'm an actress.

I'd like to thank all those who made this award possible–especially Jack Warner.

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.

Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.

I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.

As a rule, my focus is on classical music, but I love jazz. I love everything, actually.

My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself.

I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about.

Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls tumbling, gushing.

I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect.

On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.

I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was 'home.'

Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside.

I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being.

Bette Davis was always marvelous.

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.

Perserverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.

Remember: the amateur works until he can get it right. The professional works until he cannot go wrong.