87 Quotes by Mary Tyler Moore

The only leading man I ever had a crush on was James Garner.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy.

I loved working with Valerie. That was the most wonderful revelation to find that when we are on a set and we're playing our roles, we're like separated twins. We can almost finish each other's dialogue.

I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that.

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.

I don't know how to do the other, so I won't even consider television until the audience's taste changes.

Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it.

I live in New York simply because I don't know any better. I moved there when the show went off the air a couple of years after that.

When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this.