53 Quotes by Annette Funicello

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.

Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn't face the crush of family and social problems children have today.

When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change.

Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing.

Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.

I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.

Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity.

In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.