Quotes from Carol Burnett

I prefer doing TV, where it can be different every time.

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.

Kristin Wiig I think is brilliant.

When I was starting out in this business, that was the norm. You did it all. You looked around, and entertainers could dance, sing, play the piano, act, make you laugh.

I eat very well, and I do Pilates.

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

It all happened the way it was supposed to. I wouldn't change anything. I had such a great run.

I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me.

My mother was very funny. My dad had a great sense of humor. My grandmother, too.

I have a great memory.

I don't have false teeth. Do you think I'd buy teeth like these?

I don't watch sitcoms. I really don't. My problem with them is they take so long to film them that there's no spontaneity. I want to see that.

I loved the Kennedy Center Honors because you just sit there, smile, wave, and cry.

I do think there are some great female comics: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. They're the whole ball of wax.

I really enjoy connecting with the audience.

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie. The networks just wouldn't spend the money today.

It's not a bad thing to be able to do many things onstage. If you're an entertainer, you should be able to entertain. I'm proud to say that I'm not a one-trick pony.

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.

I never felt cynical, and I never felt that I couldn't do what I wanted to do.

I think the reason I was successful is that I was never cynical.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

My childhood was rough, we were poor and my parents were alcoholics, but nobody was mean. I knew I was loved. We were on welfare, but I never felt abandoned or unloved.