Julie Andrews
Julie Andrews
Dame Julia Elizabeth "Julie" Andrews, DBEis an English film and stage actress, a singer, an author, a theatre director, and a dancer. Andrews, a child actress and singer, appeared on the West End in 1948, and made her Broadway debut in The Boy Friend. In 1957, she appeared on television with the title role in the musical, Cinderella, which was seen by over 100 million viewers. She rose to prominence starring in musicals such as My Fair Ladyand Camelot...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth1 October 1935
believe would-be awful
I saw The Sound of Music again recently, and I loved it. Probably it's a more valuable film now than when it first came out, because some of the things it stood for have already disappeared. There's a kind of naive loveliness about it, and love goes by so fast ... love and music and happiness and family, that's what it's all about. I believe in these things. It would be awful not to, wouldn't it?
children responsibility important
I suppose partially because of the success of the early movies and things like that, I began to realize, that children do look up to you in some way, and there is a responsibility for how you behave with them. I know that it's important to make them feel very valuable, not to talk down to them.
hook
I've got a good right hook.
singing arena broadway
Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.
hard
Beginnings are always hard.
cameras thrill remains
The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same.
years perspective retrospect
Success is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, ‘God, wasn't it wonderful.’
mother family-history deals
My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself.
ethos fool would-be
I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.
grandmother two julia
I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth.
fun mary
Mary Poppins is magical and fun.
father roots too-much
I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.
said leading-ladies worst
Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you're my only leading lady I've never slept with? I said, Well, please don't tell everybody, it's the worst image.
mother father character
I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being.