Liza Minnelli Quotes - Page 2

Audiences are the same all over the world, and if you entertain them, they'll respond.

Never stop moving, or you'll stop moving. I go to dance class every morning, and it's just good to stay strong; I like being healthy.

I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it. I always went to people who knew more than I did.

Maybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for — in other words, cheered on — by people who feel different.

Smoking is one of the leading causes of all statistics.

If we had a hard time, my mother would sit me down and we would talk about it, and she kept talking and kept processing until we started to laugh about it.

But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here.

Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.

I feel like I haven't done my best work yet.

What I'm saying is that I tried very hard to give them my reality and my reality is kind of interesting.

But I don't think there's any reason to get married again, especially after what I've been through.

I'm fine, and my hips are fine. My false knee is fine. My false hips are fine. Everything's cooking.

In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, 'Did he leave a will?' but 'Did he leave a diary?'

Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that.

Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star. We had no idea that other people would think we were special, because there was no other lifestyle to compare it to.

To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face.

Well, I'll tell you something, this wedding is something that I will always, always cherish. It was a show of love and support and kindness like I'd never seen from the people, and that's who I entertain. I entertain the people.

Now, having had this experience, I can't say really what they were looking for. I don't know their minds. But every time I see a reality show, it seems that the most entertaining parts on other reality shows are when they make their guests look foolish.

Bleeding feet will bond us.

I rely on regular chiropractic care to keep in shape for my strenuous type of acting and singing.

I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.

No, I'm a theatrical, live performer or a movie performer.

The director, of course, was Bob Fosse. But again, I worked with my father to prepare for the role.

I know that. I'm having a ball. I'm not slap happy. I'm just filled up with joy and with peace and with all kinds of things that have eluded me for quite a few years. And they're back and they're thriving.

(in the film "That's Entertainment!" - 1974) Thank God for film, it can capture a moment and hold it there forever. If anyone ever asks you: "Who were they?" or "What made them so good?" I think a reel of film answers that question.