271 Quotes by Julie Andrews

He was a dear friend, a true mentor and the epitome of a gentle man,

I was very green and very green about being in America. An 18-year-old girl is like a 16-year-old girl over here. I felt very young and out of my depth. I would stop in shop doorways because I would get so dizzy from the pace.

What it did was bring us together as a company,

As soon as you have one, all those dormant maternal instincts start popping out all over you, like German measles.

New York was an assault on my senses in every way,

a routine procedure that I was told would not be threatening to my vocal chords.

I don't think today's younger audience, ... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.

Quite often I'll turn on the television and something like Sound of Music will be on or Victor/Victoria and I might watch a moment or two. But I don't actually sit down and say I'm going to watch one of my movies.

I do think, where would kids be if it weren't for you and for the good pediatricians, and for the good parents? I passionately believe in sitting a child on your lap and tracing the lines of the book with your finger, and they can read before they know they can, if you bother enough. I did it with my kids, and they're doing it with their kids now.