Marlo Thomas
Marlo Thomas
Margaret Julia "Marlo" Thomasis an American actress, producer, and social activist known for starring on the sitcom That Girland her award-winning feminist children's franchise, Free to Be... You and Me...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth21 November 1937
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
five inherited instant quite since single
Well it was quite a shock, especially since I inherited my five stepchildren. I went from being single to having an instant family.
equality equally man treated
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to man, but that you treat yourself equally the way you treat a man
eggs involved life work
I try to always keep myself involved in things in life other than just my work so that I don't always have all my eggs in one basket.
You know, there's endorphins in laughter, as there are endorphins in running in the park.
caught celebrate christmas collective cultures dot fill holidays inspiring landscape lights nations planet spirit time
Our many different cultures notwithstanding, there's something about the holidays that makes the planet communal. Even nations that do not celebrate Christmas can't help but be caught up in the collective spirit of their neighbors, as twinkling lights dot the landscape and carols fill the air. It's an inspiring time of the year.
facility treatment
We are a research center and treatment facility all under one roof.
blow parent losing
Losing my parents was probably the hardest and deepest blow from which I've had to recover.
punishment numbers safety
... any woman who accepts aloneness as the natural by-product of success is accepting a punishment for a crime she didn't commit. And she is not acknowledging one of the most precious lessons of the women's movement, the lessons of community ... We may not able to tell women that there is safety in freedom. But we certainly can say, with absolute certainty, that for free women, the only safety is in numbers.
fighting equality guitar
In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time.
strength journey feelings
In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it.
nature lying gay
I don't think homosexuality is a choice. Society forces you to think it's a choice, but in fact, it's in one's nature. The choice is whether one expresses one's nature truthfully or spends the rest of one's life lying about it.
sex feminine masculine
Nothing is either all masculine or all feminine except having sex.
dream firsts
First you have to have a dream.
black-and-white power men
So I still seized the power, but I felt that if I officially made myself the boss, in black and white, it would be too intimidating for the other producers and the other men who worked on the show. In other words, I had the power, but I gave them the title.