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Doris Roberts

(1925–2016) Stage Actor United States

22 quotes in 107 categories

Doris Roberts was a stage actor from the United States, best known for Are You Hungry, Dear?.

Quick Facts About Doris Roberts

Born: November 4, 1925
Died: April 17, 2016
Nationality: United States
Profession: Stage Actor
Notable works: Are You Hungry, Dear?
Spouse: William Goyen

About Doris Roberts

Doris May Roberts was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which began in 1948.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Ellis Island Medal of Honor star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Doris Roberts

There's no magazine you open, unless its AARP, that shows a woman over the age of 45 in any other light, other…

Age

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I used to sit near Marilyn Monroe in the Actor's Studio. She'd get dressed up because that was her identity. Sad. Those…

Actors

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You can change my mind, but you gotta work harder at it.

Change

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I don't give in, I don't give up, I don't take no for an answer.

Answers

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It's okay to look back, just don't stare.

Inspirational

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My awards are lovely. I love to show them off.

Awards

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In Puppies Behind Bars, when the puppy is eight weeks old it is given to an inmate. The inmate is responsible for…

Bars

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I'm learning something all the time. That's the way I want it to go, and that's the way I'll go until I…

Education

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Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

Communication

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When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is…

Actresses

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When I go, if there's a tombstone it will say, She doesn't give in. She doesn't give up. And she never takes…

Answers

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Humor is imperative, more important than food. You have a choice when someone dies. You can lie down or get back into…

Dies

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You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one,…

Mind

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You know I'm an actress, not just a funny lady.

Actress

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With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me.

Attitude

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“Don't let a suitcase filled with cheese be your big fork and spoon.”

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If someone is mean, harmful, or evil, they're out of my life. I cross them out.

Crosses

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I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a…

Entitled

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My awards are lovely. I love to show them of.

Awards

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You can't show me an ad on TV with hard bodies and say I have to buy that car. You have to…

Car

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The minute you're born, you're getting older.

Birth

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Love them for who they are, and what they are they are; they are not you. Good stuff, isn't it? You have…

Love

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