12 quotes
Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.
I do remember that I never wanted to go to bed, to go to sleep, for fear I’d miss something.
My Heart Belongs (1976)
Peter Pan is perhaps the most important thing, to me, that I have ever done in theater.
Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008)
Neverland is the way I would like real life to be … timeless, free, mischievous, filled with gaiety, tenderness, and magic.
Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008)
Anything was better than playing cards, and I was doing something I wanted to do — creating.
My Heart Belongs (1976)
Things can get very lovey and feasty with a bunch of stimulated hams.
My Heart Belongs (1976)
Mother was the disciplinarian, but it was Daddy who could turn me into an angel with just one look.
My Heart Belongs (1976)
I can't tell you the joy I felt in flying in that show … I loved it so. The freedom of spirit that was Peter Pan was suddenly there for me. I discovered I was happier in the air than on the ground.
Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008)
Even as a baby I quickly learned to crawl out of my crib. … They'd put up barriers but I learned how to go over them.
Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008)
It was all role playing. I felt Larry was my little brother, Ben my big brother. Role playing was something I had known since I was born, but it wasn't a good basis for a marriage.
My Heart Belongs (1976)
I was seventeen years old, a married woman without real responsibilities, miserable about my mixed-up emotions, afraid there was something awfully wrong with me because I didn’t enjoy being a wife. Worst of all, I didn't have enough to do.
My Heart Belongs (1976)
Sometimes I think that I cheated my own family and my closest friends by giving to audiences so much of the love I might have kept for them. But that’s the way I was made; I truly don't think I could help it
My Heart Belongs (1976)