Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnettis an American actress, comedian, singer, and writer, whose career spans six decades of television. She is best known for her long-running TV variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, for CBS. She has achieved success on stage, television, and film in varying genres including dramatic and comedy roles. She also has appeared on various talk shows and as a panelist on game shows...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth26 April 1933
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.
You know, one wonderful thing that came out of my Enquirer experience is that, in my case, it was ruled tabloids are magazines. Which means they didn't have the protection that a newspaper has.
I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes.
In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.
I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.
I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.
I always had a weak chin because we couldn't afford to correct my bite, which could have been corrected with braces. So the chin was always weak. And I always was - kind of hated my profile. And I thought wouldn't it be nice someday to feel the rain on your chin without having to look up.
No matter what, when you major in theater arts whether you want to write or be a director or design scenery or whatever, when you are a freshman at UCLA then - I guess it's still the same way - you had to take an acting class.
Daddy, when he drank, just became sweeter. There wasn't a mean thought in his body. I've always said he was like a drunk Jimmy Stewart.
Have you noticed that all you need to grow healthy, vigorous grass is a crack in your sidewalk? Having a baby is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
If you see a kid in school, who is a little shy ... that's when you should reach out. When you do, you are going to open up a flower and discover something wonderful.
I don't remember a time when I wasn't waiting for a scab either to grow or to fall off my knee.
I couldn't get the laughter out of my head. It wasn't career. It wasn't even a choice. It was a calling.
But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.