102 Quotes by Mariette Hartley

At some point you've got to get to yourself and say, 'Wait a minute, I've been handed this legacy but I have to become accountable so I don't hand a lot of it on to my children.'

When you sing, you're releasing so much more than you are when you're speaking. You risk more as a singer.

My training was in theater, and I was asked to be a journalist.

I feel my free-est when I don't know where I'm going, when I'm not scripted, and doing crazy things.

Tom Brokaw has been criticized for not being patient enough with me. But, in his defense, he is a news purist, and what he does is absolutely right for him. When we were thrown together, there was the matter of an actress coming in to do the news. I was missing the camera, not reading very well - there was a lot of stuff I had to get used to.

I'm at my best when I'm thrown, even though I don't like to be thrown.

I think I know what middle America enjoys seeing.

It's what Kitty Carlisle said in her book: Don't interview people about what they do, interview them about what they love. I want my interviews to come out of the side pockets.

I've been able to survive a lot of things, and I am especially interested in survivor stories.