148 Quotes by Teri Garr

When one woman found out I had multiple sclerosis, she said to me, 'My heart bleeds for you.' I said to her, 'Well, my heart bleeds for you, because you're an idiot.'

I may not be able to run around the block anymore, but I love my life.

I did a string of about six or seven Elvis movies, all in a row. He made all of those movies in two years' time. All of them bad. Don't quote me.

Please, people, don't drink and vote. We'll all pay for that.

Being a successful Hollywood actress may be challenging, but little did I know that the very body that had always been my calling card would betray me.

I had been nominated for an Academy Award for my performance as Sandy Lester, Dustin Hoffman's neurotic, struggling actress girlfriend, in 'Tootsie.' Under Sydney Pollack's direction, 'Tootsie' had been a runaway hit starring Dustin as an unemployed actor who pretends to be a woman in order to land a role in a soap opera.

My mother was a real tough cookie. She raised the three of us, and she worked at the same time.

I thought, 'If I can't be prom queen, I can dance 'Les Sylphide.'

I'd like to play something classical. I'm in the Strindberg society, and we do readings of Strindberg plays. I'd love to do Nora in 'A Doll's House.' And Chekhov. I have been working back to back on what I call 'regular jobs,' so it's hard to do plays.