Straightforward Quotes by Michael Learned

If you care about what you do, you don't want to let people down.

— Michael Learned

All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.

— Michael Learned

I don't mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, it's pretty straightforward. If you say, 'I love you,' you mean 'I…

— Michael Learned

I'm grateful that I have a theater career because television isn't kind to you when you're over forty.

— Michael Learned

I dont mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, its pretty straightforward. If you say, I love you, you mean I…

— Michael Learned

For a long time, I resisted seeing 'The Sound of Music,' but when I finally did, I cried.

— Michael Learned

I got married very young and put my career on the back burner for the most part because that's what you did in those…

— Michael Learned

Nobody can understand the pressures of doing an hour-long TV show unless you've done one. Even when you're not on call, you still are…

— Michael Learned

I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.

— Michael Learned

I got married at 17, had three kids by the time I was 24, and have never had much time alone. I never had…

— Michael Learned

I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the 'compassionate mother' or whatever.

— Michael Learned

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and…

— Michael Learned

All of us from 'The Waltons' still love each other. I think we're closer than some real families.

— Michael Learned

When I was a girl, my grandmother would take me during the holidays to see the windows at Saks and Rockefeller Center.

— Michael Learned

As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.

— Michael Learned