If You Ask Me

“It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humour in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.”

"There's no formula. Keep busy with your work and your life. Keep the person in your heart all the time. Replay the good times. Be grateful for the years you had."

Friendship takes time and energy if it’s going to work. You can luck into something great, but it doesn’t last if you don’t give it proper appreciation. Friendship can be so comfortable, but nurture it — don’t take it for granted.

“Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself keeps you feeling young.”

“There’s no formula. Keep busy with your work and your life. You can’t become a professional mourner. It doesn’t help you or others. Replay the good times. Be grateful for the years you had.”

Animals don’t lie. Animals don’t criticize. If animals have moody days, they handle them better than humans do.

Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don't get that laugh, there's something wrong.

"You can always tell about somebody by the way they put their hands on an animal,"

"Never apologize for being funny because you'll be sorry when you stop getting laughs."

“Accentuate the positive, not the negative. It sounds so trite, but a lot of people will pick out something to complain about, rather than say, ‘Hey, that was great!’ It’s not hard to find great stuff if you look.”

“Everybody needs a passion. That’s what keeps life interesting. If you live without passion, you can go through life without leaving any footprints.”

“Keep the other person’s well being in mind when you feel an attack of soul-purging truth coming on.”

"Butterflies are like woman – we may look pretty and delicate, but baby, we can fly through a hurricane."

“If one has no sense of humor, one is in trouble.”

"You don't luck into integrity. You work at it."

“Well, I mean, if a joke or humor is bawdy, it's got to be funny enough to warrant it. You can't just have it bawdy or dirty just for the sake of being that — it's got to be funny.”

You don’t just luck into integrity. You work at it.

“If everyone took personal responsibility for their animals, we wouldn’t have a lot of the animal problems that we do.

“I have no regrets at all. None. I consider myself to be the luckiest old broad on two feet.”

"Everybody needs a passion. That's what keeps life interesting. If you live without passing, you can go through life without leaving any footprints."

“Laughter keeps everyone feeling wonderful.”

"Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you’re ugly,"