Bea Arthur
Bea Arthur
Beatrice Arthur, also known as Bea Arthur, was an American actress, comedian, and singer. Her career spanned seven decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth13 May 1923
CountryUnited States of America
together
When you are working with someone it's like family, you are together every day.
adult along came life recurring secure spent tv wonderful
I really feel all my adult life has been spent in that little black box. If a wonderful part on TV came along I would do it. But I don't want to do a recurring role. It would just be my luck that the thing would be successful. I'm old enough now and also secure enough financially that I really only want to do what I want to do.
involving
I'm very, very involved in charities involving youth.
blonde saw screen small star women
My dream was to become a very small blonde movie star like Ida Lupino and those other women I saw up there on the screen during the Depression.
creatures excellent god human knows living mean minute seen similarity turn
I've seen so many excellent actors - excellent actors - who, the minute they're told they're in a comedy, turn into God knows what - creatures from another planet! I mean they just... the voice changes, they don't look the same, it's like - it has no similarity to any living human being, do you know what I mean?
energy home stay total waste worrying
I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice, and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can't stay home waiting for something different. I think it's a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting.
adult woman
But I've been doing it most of my adult life, and I like the idea of a one woman show, because it's something I can do when I want to, and not to it when I don't want to do it.
audience audiences hear rewarding
It's so rewarding when you hear the audience respond.
five night seeing small
It's a very small operation, there are five of us traveling, and I like working with different audiences, seeing how different it is from one night to the next.
believe cooking home
There are moments, I'll be home cooking or something, and it comes to me all at once, and I can't believe it.
mother empty-rooms wish
I wish there was something more that performers could do other than get out there and sing at benefit performances. I wish I felt that if I had an empty room I'd like to bring in someone and make it a hospice, but I'm not Mother Teresa. I can't do that.
animal hands years
Many years ago, I was in a Broadway show and I had to wear a fox fur around my shoulders. One day my hand touched one of the fox's legs. It seemed to be in two pieces. Then it dawned on me.... her leg had probally been snapped in two by the steel trap that had caught it.
imagine audience i-can
I can't imagine working without and audience.
actresses feels bits
I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.