21 Quotes by Karolyn Grimes

My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14.

With a lot of help from my high school teachers, I went to college and became a medical tech at a clinic outside Kansas City.

I was raising seven kids. I lived in the bedrooms, in the laundry room, in the kitchen, in the car - car pooling all over. I just didn't have time to sit down and watch a lot of TV. So I really didn't.

In all, I was in 16 movies, including 'The Bishop's Wife' with Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven; I was in 'Rio Grande' with John Wayne, 'Albuquerque' with Randall Scott, 'Blue Skies' with Bing Crosby and 'Hans Christian Anderson' with Danny Kaye.

My mother died when I was 12, and right after, my dad died in a car crash. I was 15 and had no family. The court sent me to live with my uncle and aunt in Missouri.

Like for instance, there's a point where Mary and George are asked to go to Florida with Sam Wainwright and his wife. Very subtly, (Mary) rubs her tummy -- and that night she tells him she's on the nest.

I can't help but think it's such a privilege. Not only being in that wonderful classic film, but living in this country -- America -- makes it a wonderful life,

Look, Daddy: Teacher says that every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.

I never wanted to return to Hollywood because Hollywood people and the fakeness - very artificial and not dear to my heart. After I lived in the Midwest, and I learned what sincere, real people were all about, I never wanted to go back.