83 Quotes by Bea Arthur

I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is.

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I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it.

In sitcoms, the women are so beautiful, understanding and well-bred. They have humor, but sort of display it with a twinkle of the eye and not a guffaw. But there's no juice in that for me.

I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice, and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can't stay home waiting for something different. I think it's a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting.

I've seen so many excellent actors - excellent actors - who, the minute they're told they're in a comedy, turn into God knows what - creatures from another planet! I mean they just... the voice changes, they don't look the same, it's like - it has no similarity to any living human being, do you know what I mean?

I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.

My dream was to become a very small blonde movie star like Ida Lupino and those other women I saw up there on the screen during the Depression.