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Julie Andrews Quotes

born 1935 England

Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE, (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English film and stage actress, singer, and author. She rose to prominence starring in musicals such as My Fair Lady and Camelot, both of which earned her Tony Award nominations.

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I know what I'm capable of — it's other people who have a problem with my image, not me.

Hopefully, I brought people a certain joy. That will be a wonderful legacy.

Success is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, "God, wasn't it wonderful?"

As you become older, you become less judgmental and take offense less. But marriage is hard work; the illusion that you get married and live happily ever after is absolute rubbish.

I've never minded being disciplined. I'd always rather have a quiet evening in than go to a wild party. Discipline for me has always been the foundation which leaves me free to fly.

Can I give them what they think they're going to get from me? That's always the big question.

Does Mary Poppins have an orgasm? Does she go to the bathroom? I assure you, she does.

As my mother said, I never sprang out of bed with a glad shout! My voice needed oiling and then it took off.

Life is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius.

I'm more contented and at peace with myself now than I was as a box-office queen. I'm less uptight. I've even reached a stage where it doesn't shatter me if somebody prints something bad about me.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Julie Andrews (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.