25 Quotes by Rue McClanahan


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    I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I’ve been going in two hours before the show every performance.

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    I didn’t know anything about breast cancer when I got it.

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    I’ve been allowed to develop my own character, which I’m still working on.

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    The matinee audiences are different because they’re mostly kids, a great percentage kids. So they respond to everything differently, but I understand what they do respond to.

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    Broadway producers are happy to have a big Hollywood name they can post on the marquee, but most of them assume that television and film stars really can’t handle stage work. Too often, they’re right.

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    Dumbbells are pretty easy to come by, but since many of them are married, I suggest lifting weights. Youth.

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