Julie Andrews
All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.Collection: Love
I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect.Collection: Respect
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.Collection: Motivational
Actually, I had a lot of good people with me - my mother's sister did a lot of taking care of me, and I suppose I got more attention than my stepbrothers because at least I got to travel with my parents.Collection: Travel
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.Collection: Work
Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside.Collection: Work
On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.Collection: Women
I had a teacher who stressed for me the importance of diction in terms of... I want to be very careful about how I say this... in terms of supporting one's voice when one is singing. In other words, if you hold on to your words, your voice will pull through for you when you're singing. So be true to your vowels.Collection: Teacher
I had a lot of learning on my feet.Collection: Learning
Whenever I think of my birthplace, Walton-on-Thames, my reference first and foremost is the river. I love the smell of the river; love its history, its gentleness. I was aware of its presence from my earliest years. Its majesty centered me, calmed me, was a solace to a certain extent.Collection: History
When one door closes, another window opens.
Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.
Who could have imagined that life would have taken such marvelous twists and turns or that I would often be so fortunate to be in the right place at the right time?
I'm never sure one is exactly ready. You jump in, with both feet, into a very big fish pond.
You just don't know in life. Life knocks you about and pushes you over boundaries. But be ready. Do your homework; that's all I can say.
I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.
More than anything, the arts are the best teaching tool.
Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.
Did you ever notice the color of Mary Poppins' petticoats? They were kind of orange and apricot and red. I think she had a secret life going on there.
The arts bridge cultures; they're good for the economy, and they're good for fostering empathy and decency.
Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say.
All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.
There's nothing like the joy of the arts, and promoting the arts early in children is going to give them such a start in life in a way.
I'm the lucky one who got asked to do 'The Sound of Music' and all the other lovely things that I did.
I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.
I think every young girl at some point in her early life wonders what it's like to be a princess. They like the idea of dressing up and the fun of it.
I think I'm just proudest to be the lady who was asked to play Mary Poppins. She's such a wonderful character, and there's so much tremendous talent out there. So I feel very lucky to be the one who got to play her.
Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow.
When I've least expected it, an enormous opportunity or stroke of luck has crossed right under my nose. So I tell everybody, if you're passionate about what you do and you love it, do it. But do your homework. Because you'll never know when the opportunity is going to happen.
Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing.
I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.
Marriage is the hardest work you're ever going to do.
Who would have thought that a story about a professor of phonetics would result in it being probably one of the great shows ever for musical theatre? It's a seemingly odd subject.
You never start out being a star.
I come from a long line of below-stairs maids and gardeners. Good ol' peasant stock. My mother and her sister made a quantum leap out of that life. Then I made another quantum leap.
Touring itself - and I was very young, and a lot of it I did by myself - it's lonely, but it does give you some kind of spine, I think. It does give you some kind of grit.
I love that President and Mrs. Obama are embracing the arts. I am so delighted.
I do not knock 'Poppins' or 'The Sound of Music.' They gave me pleasure, and I know they've given a lot of people enormous pleasure.
I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being.
I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.
The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same.
I love to prune my roses. That's the one thing I really feel I do pretty well. Other things I usually, because I travel so much, leave to my gardeners who know what I love. But I do love to prune them, because you forget everything else. It's like if you're a painter, you can forget everything else while you're doing it.
The arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs.
Every time I go out to perform, believe me. You never lose that fear of, 'I hope I do it right. I hope I don't fall flat on my face. I hope this will be good for them.'
I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about.
Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess.
I'm the lucky lady that was asked to be in those wonderful iconic pieces.
I've always seen the cup as half-full.
The arts need funding.
I don't think I have the image that say, Judy Garland has, or Bette Davis.