Mary Tyler Moore quotes - page 2

Mary Tyler Moore was an American actress and producer, best known for her pioneering roles in television comedy. Her iconic performances helped change the portrayal of women on TV, making her a role model for generations. She inspired many through her groundbreaking work and her advocacy for diabetes research. Here are 45 of her quotes:

And then Dick called and said, I'm going to do a special called Dick Van Dyke and the other woman, that would be you, because every time I try to check into a hotel with my wife, they look at me as though I'm cheating on Laura.

Mary Tyler Moore

Well, Rhoda was, I think, the last actress that we saw. There had been so many wonderful actresses who were close, really close. But there was no magical epiphany.

Mary Tyler Moore

Reruns are wonderful because it usually indicates that they had something going for them to begin with and that's why you're still looking at them. And in both my shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show and the last one, they were so well written and so good they hold up.

Mary Tyler Moore

I live in New York simply because I don't know any better. I moved there when the show went off the air a couple of years after that.

Mary Tyler Moore

The only leading man I ever had a crush on was James Garner.

Mary Tyler Moore

And that's what the audience was feeling too, as they watched the show and as they watch it now. And overriding all of that is the way it was written. It was written honestly. There was never any manufactured laugh. There was never compromising of character.

Mary Tyler Moore

I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted.

Mary Tyler Moore

Interestingly that some of the characters did not turn out the way Jim and Allen had envisioned them.

Mary Tyler Moore

It was Grant's company and he made all the decisions. And that was just fine.

Mary Tyler Moore

What happens is that the system builds many inferior blood vessels in the eye to take the place of the vessels that are dying. And those blood vessels are not up to the task. And they bleed. They hemorrhage and they cover the eye inside with blood.

Mary Tyler Moore

When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this.

Mary Tyler Moore

Diabetes is an all-too-personal time bomb which can go off today, tomorrow, next year, or 10 years from now - a time bomb affecting millions like me and the children here today.

Mary Tyler Moore

I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts.

Mary Tyler Moore

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.

Mary Tyler Moore

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow.

Mary Tyler Moore

Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story.

Mary Tyler Moore

I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.

Mary Tyler Moore

I do watch a lot of Fox News. I like Charles Krauthammer and Bill OReilly.

Mary Tyler Moore