Quotes from Teri Garr

My mother was a role model.

Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women.

I've always had this American-pie face that would get work in commercials... I'd say things like, 'Hi, Marge, how's your laundry?' and 'Hi, I'm a real nice Georgia peach.' Sometimes this work is one step above being a cocktail waitress.

I may not be able to run around the block anymore, but I love my life.

Being a successful Hollywood actress may be challenging, but little did I know that the very body that had always been my calling card would betray me.

I do Pilates a lot. I don't do a lot of cardiovascular stuff.

I have one brother who is a surgeon, there's me, and my other brother builds boats.

I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves.

You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like the team at MS LifeLines. They are there to support the MS community and give good advice.

I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us.

I think it's critical, a sense of humor. It did help me - it does help me, continuously.

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

People ask me about my limp. I say, 'You know, I don't know how bad it is, because I don't watch - I don't watch myself.' I don't look at it. I don't.

I don't want to sound hoity-toity, but people told me I should watch 'Cheers' because it's very funny. So I watched it, and I just went, 'This is the great show of the universe?' To me, acting is making characters believable, not just doing jokes.

Elvis used to have parties at his house - and I've told this story a million times - but they weren't really parties, because there was no chips or dip. Just Elvis and his boys watching TV, and him making funny comments, and everybody laughing at them. Is that a party? Not really. But that's Hollywood.

This new movie, 'Full Moon in Blue Water,' I loved the idea of working with Gene Hackman, who is a great actor, but when I read the script, I threw it right into the trash can, because I didn't like this woman. She was just a doormat.

I plan to live to be 120!

I remember some stories had a very big impact on me, like 'The Little Train That Could,' which is about the importance of not giving up, and 'Little Toot,' about a playful tugboat in the New York harbor.

Please, people, don't drink and vote. We'll all pay for that.

I went on the 'Letterman' show the first time to plug something, and then I came back as the Fool, the court jester.

I try to laugh as much as possible and enjoy the company of people who can make me laugh.

Being sensitive to the problem of women is just another symptom of the quality of movies: I don't think you can do anything that's very sensitive. Everything's sort of broad strokes and big gestures - adventure things that boys, guys want to see.

My mother was a real tough cookie. She raised the three of us, and she worked at the same time.

I think I look pretty good. And I know there are human beings my age who look the way I do. There must be stories about us - not just about people who are young and good-looking.