271 Quotes by Julie Andrews

I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was ’home.

The anateur works until they get something right. The professional works until they can’t go wrong.

You know, making an animated movie is such a lonesome thing. You mostly don’t see your fellow actors or anything. You go into your booth, you record all your dialogue. It’s very much an issue of trust. You leave it all up to the director.

Miracles are happening every day. I do think that’s true. If you can take the time to look. It took me a while to learn that, though some children know it instinctively and they do have wonder when they are kids. But the trouble is, as we grow older, we lose it.

Books make great gifts because they’re everybody’s favorite things.

I don’t sing the way I used to, so I’m doing everything I can to put the word out that they shouldn’t expect that.

Can I give them what they think they’re going to get from me? That’s always the big question.

I’m more contented and at peace with myself now than I was as a box-office queen. I’m less uptight. I’ve even reached a stage where it doesn’t shatter me if somebody prints something bad about me.

I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it’s all about.