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Teri Garr
Teri Garr
American Actress
Born: Dec 11, 1944
About Always Me People Think You
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Someday they may cure MS, that idiot thing. It gets in there and they can't get it out. Teri Garr
Idiot Out Someday Cure Get Gets May Thing
I've always had this American-pie face that would get work in commercials... I'd say things like, 'Hi, Marge, how's your laundry?' and 'Hi, I'm a real nice Georgia peach.' Sometimes this work is one step above being a cocktail waitress. Teri Garr
Work Sometimes Face Nice Cocktail Say Hi Laundry Would Above Had Step Like Always How Real Waitress Georgia Commercials Get Being Your Peach Things
I was in an acting class taught by Eric Morris, and Jack Nicholson was in the class. He wrote the script for 'Head', so all of us in the class got little tiny parts in the movie. Teri Garr
Class He Morris Head Wrote Parts Got Eric Jack Jack Nicholson Tiny Taught Movie Script Little Us Acting Acting Class Nicholson
Usually, the extras have a different mentality. I had the mentality of an artist, because I was a 'ballet-rina.' But most extras are out to make a fast buck for nothing. They're 'atmosphere.' Teri Garr
Nothing Out Atmosphere Mentality Buck Had Most Make Because Artist Different Fast
I want to write about my experiences since 'Speedbumps.' Teri Garr
About Write Since Want Experiences
Going to dancing school, or being in a play, is a very familial feeling. You're around friends. Teri Garr
You School Feeling Dancing Around Friends Very Going Being Play
Elvis used to have parties at his house - and I've told this story a million times - but they weren't really parties, because there was no chips or dip. Just Elvis and his boys watching TV, and him making funny comments, and everybody laughing at them. Is that a party? Not really. But that's Hollywood. Teri Garr
Funny Party Everybody Elvis Laughing TV Dip House Parties Him Because Boy Making Were His Comments Times Just Story Them Chips Hollywood Really Used Million Million Times Watching Watching Tv
People ask me about my limp. I say, 'You know, I don't know how bad it is, because I don't watch - I don't watch myself.' I don't look at it. I don't. Teri Garr
Myself Me You People Say Bad About Know Look Because How Limp Ask Watch
Speaking out about multiple sclerosis to others who may be dealing with this disease is actually helpful to me as well as, I hope, to others. It builds community, helps bring awareness to MS, and strengthens the MS movement that will ultimately lead to the end of this disease. Teri Garr
Hope Me Will Community Awareness Others Out About Lead Well Dealing Builds Ultimately End Disease May Movement Speaking Who Helpful Multiple Multiple Sclerosis Helps Actually Bring Strengthens
I have one brother who is a surgeon, there's me, and my other brother builds boats. Teri Garr
Me Surgeon Other Brother Builds Boats Who
I had to learn to walk again, talk again, think again. Teri Garr
Walk Think Had Talk Learn Again
I started out in the 1970s doing the Wife, the Bimbo, and the Ditz, and if I somehow get a serious role, they all wanna know the same thing: When are you going back to comedy? Teri Garr
You Comedy Wife Same Thing Back Out Somehow Know Doing Role Get Same Going Wanna Serious Bimbo Thing Started
I went on the 'Letterman' show the first time to plug something, and then I came back as the Fool, the court jester. Teri Garr
Time Fool First Back Plug Something Court First Time Came Then Show Letterman
I resent it when they write the part of a woman who's just a sexy femme fatale who seduces people to ger her way, perpetrating the myth that that's how woman have to operate, instead of using their brains or their wit. Teri Garr
Woman People Myth Way Sexy Write Part Instead Wit Operate How Femme Femme Fatale Brains Just Who Using Resent Her
This new movie, 'Full Moon in Blue Water,' I loved the idea of working with Gene Hackman, who is a great actor, but when I read the script, I threw it right into the trash can, because I didn't like this woman. She was just a doormat. Teri Garr
Great Woman Water Moon Gene Threw Hackman Idea New Like She Read Because Blue Just Movie Doormat Loved Script Working Full Full Moon Who Trash Actor Right Great Actor
If you get somebody laughing - and then stick in a point about something important - they'll remember it. Teri Garr
You Remember Somebody Important Laughing About Something Point Stick Get Then
I went to physical therapy, occupational therapy, voice, every kind of therapy except mental therapy - obviously! Teri Garr
Every Kind Physical Mental Voice Except Obviously Occupational Therapy
Being a successful Hollywood actress may be challenging, but little did I know that the very body that had always been my calling card would betray me. Teri Garr
Me Would Betray Had Know Calling Calling Card Always Been Very Did May Being Little Hollywood Successful Body Actress Challenging Card
I had been nominated for an Academy Award for my performance as Sandy Lester, Dustin Hoffman's neurotic, struggling actress girlfriend, in 'Tootsie.' Under Sydney Pollack's direction, 'Tootsie' had been a runaway hit starring Dustin as an unemployed actor who pretends to be a woman in order to land a role in a soap opera. Teri Garr
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There are several drugs out right now that can't stop multiple sclerosis, but they can slow it way down. They also made me puff up like a balloon. So I looked horrible. I hated that. Teri Garr
Me Made Slow Down Way Several Out Hated Horrible Like Looked Also Balloon Up Stop Multiple Multiple Sclerosis Now Right Puff
What's worse in Hollywood, being handicapped or being a woman over 50? Teri Garr
Woman Worse Over Handicapped Being Hollywood
There's people doing whatever the hell they want and getting away with it. Teri Garr
People Whatever Hell Doing Getting Want Away
My mother was a real tough cookie. She raised the three of us, and she worked at the same time. Teri Garr
Time Mother Three Tough She Real Same Same Time Us Worked Cookie Raised
I went to North Hollywood High. I'm the original Val girl. Teri Garr
Girl Val High North Hollywood Original
My agents have me in the Actors' Protection Program. It seems to be working very well. Nobody can find me. Teri Garr
Me Protection Find Seems Nobody Well Very Agents Working Actor Program
The whole MS stuff put the kibosh on my career. And I sort of let it go. I even have a friend who went to CBS and said, 'I want Teri Garr to be in this series,' and the head of the network said, 'Oh no, she's got MS.' Teri Garr
Network Put Head Stuff She Sort Said Got Go Friend Oh Want Who Whole Even Series Career
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