“You have a new audience for every show. Even though you do the same th...” — Cass Elliot Quote

“You have a new audience for every show. Even though you do the same thing all the time, you gotta keep it fresh for yourself, and you gotta keep it good and interesting and something you want to do. I'm anxious to have a really terrific act. Whatever it takes it takes.”

“When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.”

“They're paying me an outrageous sum of money; $40,000 a week, which is totally silly.”

“I always have a book that I write during competition. I need it with me, just to read back and reflect and look forward. If I'm feeling anxious, it helps me.”

“It helps an actor an awful lot when he looks like the part. There's nothing more disconcerting, that makes you more anxious or more insecure, than when you don't look like who you're supposed to be.”

“It is my opinion that Norman Rockwell and his ilk have done more to make already anxious people feel guilty than anyone else.”