Mary Tyler Moore Quotes

My admiration for 'Mary Tyler Moore' is very, very big because they went out on top.

— Kevin Spacey

I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'

— Vicki Lawrence

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

— Iris Murdoch

'Mary Tyler Moore' was - it was my first big hit.

— Betty White

Howard Beale is processed, instant God, and right now it looks like he might just go over bigger than Mary Tyler Moore.

— Paddy Chayefsky

I love watching old sitcoms. It's very inspiring to watch 'Mary Tyler Moore' and 'Golden Girls.' I have watched them over and…

— Valerie Azlynn

When I was growing up my favorite show was 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', and I loved all the stuff that Norman…

— Ryan Murphy

I grew up watching 'The Jeffersons' and 'Good Times' as much as I watched The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and 'All in…

— Eddie Griffin

This is a dream come true. To wake up in a place that I own and go to work in New York…

— Christopher Meloni

'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' was the best television, the best cast, the best-written television show ever.

— Bob Newhart

We spent a lot of time together and had a great time with Mary Tyler Moore. And just working with her was…

— Dick Van Dyke

Mary Tyler Moore was a working woman whose story lines were not always about dating and men. They were about work friendships…

— Tina Fey

People forget that in the early '70s, Saturday was the most-watched night of television of the week. It was where you found…

— Mark Frost

I watched a lot of old television growing up - a lot of Nick at Nite. I watched 'Rhoda', 'Mary Tyler Moore',…

— Mamie Gummer

I am the luckiest old broad on two feet if the truth were known. It's - but it all goes back to…

— Betty White

My dad would have me watch the shows that he liked. I watched 'I Love Lucy.' I watched 'The Dick Van Dyke…

— Dan Schneider

When [Wonder Woman creator William Moulton] Marston died in 1947, they got rid of the pervy elements, and instantly sales plummeted. Wonder…

— Grant Morrison

If you have one good series, you know, it's a blessing. Two good series is unusual. Three is a phenomenon, but right…

— Betty White

In 1985, I went to work for MTM Records, Mary Tyler Moore's Nashville record label, and stayed three years. After that, I…

— Scott Borchetta

I become one of those people who walks alone in the dark at night while others sleep or watch Mary Tyler Moore…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

[on making the transition from the comedy "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) to its dramatic spin-off series "Lou Grant" (1977)] We were really…

— Ed Asner

“One day the English language is going to perish. The easy spokenness of it will perish and go black and crumbly —…

— Nicholson Baker

In the opening to the Mary Tyler Moore Show Mary's in the supermarket, hurrying through the aisles. She pauses at the meat…

— Augusten Burroughs

“Oh, man there's a marathon of Beaches running tomorrow night. Can we go after ten so I can see it once all…

— J.R. Ward