Patty Duke
Patty Duke
Patty Dukewas an American actress of stage, film, and television. She first became known as a teen star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for her role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker, a role which she had originated on Broadway. The following year she was given her own show, The Patty Duke Show, in which she played "identical cousins". She later progressed to more mature roles such as that of Neely O'Hara in...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 December 1946
CityNew York City, NY
friday monday morning
I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 o'clock on a Friday night and not get up again until 6:30 Monday morning
bipolar weight disease
Women who put on a few pounds after starting lithium sometimes say the cure is worse than the disease. The weight gain shoots them straight into depression.
crazy ethos deny
We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.
imagination my-imagination has-beens
I have been afraid all my life that I am going to die. All my life it has been stuffed in my imagination
funny-things manic colorful
I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature.
kind imagine scene
When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned if they don't usually come up with a similar kind of thing.
good-luck elements requirements
No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing.
remember i-can
I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself
night mental-illness periods
... I went through a very lethargic period ... I was just sort of getting through every night and every day.
moving mental-illness rough-times
I was just sort of moving through time.
new-york insomnia shut-up
The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up.
believe people important
I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness
panic-attacks panic stills
The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death
creativity manic manic-depression
You can have manic depression without having an ounce of creativity