Carol Channing

The distinction between male and female will never stop existing. We are not alike, and I wouldn't want to be.

— Carol Channing

I don't hate Charles. I just want my life to count for something. Everyone thinks I just walked out on a paralyzed…

— Carol Channing

I just never had time to follow sports. When you're working as often as I was, eight shows a week, you just…

— Carol Channing

I can't understand people missing a show because they're sick: They've missed their best performance. You have an obstacle to overcome, and…

— Carol Channing

I'm allergic to chemicals in food so I eat only organic foods.

— Carol Channing

It's a terrible thing to admit, but I'm not sure I know what Women's Lib is.

— Carol Channing

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.

— Carol Channing

I've gone on in a wheelchair. Another performance I did with no voice - and I had to apologize to the audience…

— Carol Channing

My clothes are an extension of my personality. I'd look awful in ladylike dresses.

— Carol Channing

I've never understood the use of vulgar language, but the definition of 'risque' is open to interpretation. I suppose I did many…

— Carol Channing

I am finally a lady of leisure, and it suits me fine. For the first time in almost 10 decades, I don't…

— Carol Channing

At first I felt terrible, then I realized... that no matter what I do the rest of my life... I'll never do…

— Carol Channing

He wrote himself into the role of Dolly. Dolly was hilariously funny and didn't know it. And that's what Thornton Wilder was.…

— Carol Channing

My version of Dolly was mine, and it shouldn't be anyone else's.

— Carol Channing

I can't remember if I had any stage fright at the first Bowl. But I did the second time.

— Carol Channing

Onstage, you just have to tell the absolute truth about the character you are playing. You hope you communicate it, and you…

— Carol Channing

I felt like jumping out a window when I heard Streisand was doing it. I'd played it four and a half years…

— Carol Channing

“When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like to…

— Carol Channing

I still meet with friends, and I'm enjoying life at 97 here in Palm Springs. They are trying to establish a new…

— Carol Channing

Given the opportunity, I might change a choice I made, but you can't regret making what you thought was the best decision…

— Carol Channing

We couldn't let anyone know about it at the time, but I wasn't all that healthy at times. I was battling cancer…

— Carol Channing

There's nothing like Nashville for making records.

— Carol Channing

Regret leads to negativity, and negativity kills creativity.

— Carol Channing

There are a lot of actors that don't like touring and will do just about anything to get out of it, but…

— Carol Channing

You know, if you're lucky enough to have two smash hit shows, the traffic of the world goes through your dressing room.

— Carol Channing