Michael Learned
Michael Learned
Michael Learnedis an American actress, best known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons. She has won a record four Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; three for The Waltons, and one for Nurse...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth9 April 1939
CountryUnited States of America
finally music resisted sound time
For a long time, I resisted seeing 'The Sound of Music,' but when I finally did, I cried.
ambitious burner type
I got married very young and put my career on the back burner for the most part because that's what you did in those days. I've never been a pushy, ambitious type of person anyway.
alone develop drawers kids married three time
I got married at 17, had three kids by the time I was 24, and have never had much time alone. I never had time to develop hobbies. Now, if I have nothing to do, I just find myself cleaning drawers incessantly.
learning nobody pressures tv unless
Nobody can understand the pressures of doing an hour-long TV show unless you've done one. Even when you're not on call, you still are working, learning lines, doing appearances, just tense.
When I was a girl, my grandmother would take me during the holidays to see the windows at Saks and Rockefeller Center.
love
All of us from 'The Waltons' still love each other. I think we're closer than some real families.
care people
If you care about what you do, you don't want to let people down.
insult love mean time
I don't mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, it's pretty straightforward. If you say, 'I love you,' you mean 'I love you.' There isn't time for anything more.
theater
I'm grateful that I have a theater career because television isn't kind to you when you're over forty.
acting actresses
I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.
real thinking stills
All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.
acceptance people used-to-love
I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.
love-you mean television
I dont mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, its pretty straightforward. If you say, I love you, you mean I love you. There isnt time for anything more.
long sound seeing
For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried.