Teri Garr
Teri Garr
Terry Ann "Teri" Garr is an American actress, comedian, dancer, and voice artist. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1982 film, Tootsie. Her other film roles include Young Frankenstein; Oh, God!; Close Encounters of the Third Kind; The Black Stallion; Mr. Mom;and After Hours. She also appeared as Phoebe Abbott in three episodes of the sitcom Friends...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth11 December 1944
CityLakewood, OH
CountryUnited States of America
I've always had this American-pie face that would get work in commercials...I'd say things like 'Hi Marge, how's your laundry?' and 'Hi, I'm a real nice Georgia peach'. Sometimes this work is one step above being a cocktail waitress.
Shoot for the moon, ... And you need to find a cure quickly for this scum-sucking pig of a disease because women rule the world.
I danced in a company of 'West Side Story' when I was very young. It was most of the original cast - Larry Kert, Chita Rivera - and Jerry Robbins directed. It was tough, a wonderful initiation for me.
With this disease it is so easy to throw in the towel, and that is the worst thing we can do.
Being sensitive to the problem of women is just another symptom of the quality of movies: I don't think you can do anything that's very sensitive. Everything's sort of broad strokes and big gestures - adventure things that boys, guys want to see.
There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The community today needs to know that with MRI and the current medications the view is good.
Usually, the extras have a different mentality. I had the mentality of an artist, because I was a 'ballet-rina.' But most extras are out to make a fast buck for nothing. They're 'atmosphere.'
People aren't so interested in seeing movies about women's problems.
I want to write more, because I think I've got a story to tell.
I want to write about my experiences since 'Speedbumps.'
I have been off the motorcycles for about 20 years now, but that doesn't mean I can't still do it.
I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go.
I don't consider that I have to judge any of the movies I make all the time, but people are always asking me, 'What's your favorite movie?' And I never know what to say.
There were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had many tests, no one diagnosed MS.