All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.

I never had a driving ambition to be a star.

I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the compassionate mother or whatever.

For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried.

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.

As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.

I dont mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, its pretty straightforward. If you say, I love you, you mean I love you. There isnt time for anything more.

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

There's the light. There's the dark. And there's that bit in between... where you're trying to find the switch.Think about where you are.

A certain way to have financial security in life is not enough savings, but enough ability.

Keep anyone with whom you can read in silence.

Well - when I write my book, and tell the tale Of my adventures - all these little stars That shake out of my cloak - I must save those To use for asterisks.

Sometimes I'd like to have a conversation with a friend in a restaurant without feeling I'm being watched. At this rate I will have to go on holiday to Greenland. But maybe the Eskimos would know me.

The more Keystone comedies I make, the more convinced I become that comedy is an art, and a high one at that.

He always loved her because of, not in sprite of, her flaws.

In marriage, you must have trust and love

These athletes can be considered the gods in certain ways and the fans can be considered parishioners.

Ye may have skill in the nature of things, yet nature can do more than all physicians put together; and God is far more above nature.