1.
I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.
Debbie Reynolds
I invested my utmost effort, and it is gratifying to observe that others are appreciating it.
2.
I live right in front of my daughter. I have a little house right in front of her because I can stay in touch. It's like a little commune, and it's very nice, because you can be close. I can see my granddaughter. I live very close to my brother, too, and my son. We're a very close family.
Debbie Reynolds
3.
Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life.
Debbie Reynolds
Birthing and producing Singin' in the Rain (1952) were the two most challenging undertakings I ever faced.
4.
The only way you learn is by failure.
Debbie Reynolds
The only way you advance is by making mistakes.
5.
I think you should control yourself a little bit, so you can walk, and when you die, you can walk to your own funeral.
Debbie Reynolds
6.
I never dreamt of being in the movies. I was from a very average, I would say, a rather poor family, so my big treat was to work hard all week - I mowed lawns and babysat and washed dishes and washed cars - to go to the movies.
Debbie Reynolds
7.
Anything worthwhile is hard, and dancing is very hard, and if you've ever studied dancing of any kind you'd know that to be in precision, three people dancing together.
Debbie Reynolds
8.
I do twenty minutes every time the refrigerator door opens and the light comes on.
Debbie Reynolds
9.
I'll just stay in [show business] till they stuff me like Trigger, when I drop dead.
Debbie Reynolds
10.
I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.
Debbie Reynolds
11.
If you're a dancer, study singing. You have to do everything and do it well. You have to study acting. You have to study all of it. You have to find workshops, get out on the stage...and fail.
Debbie Reynolds
12.
I think one of my favourite films is 'Dark Victory' with Bette Davis. Why? She was so wonderful in that film. And maybe I just want a good cry once in a while without having to go through a divorce.
Debbie Reynolds
13.
You have to keep practicing, if you're really going to be good.
Debbie Reynolds
14.
I would never stop watching film. The reason why I say I like the old ones is I like the subject matter better. I thought they had more variety to them, they had more romantic comedies and things that appealed to me more.
Debbie Reynolds
15.
Do I run around deploring the world? No. I'm just not into it. I was brought up that way.
Debbie Reynolds
16.
That's what a writer does; they make things up and that makes for good reading.
Debbie Reynolds
17.
As you train and as you develop your talents, you do get better, hopefully, or you get out of the business.
Debbie Reynolds
18.
I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth.
Debbie Reynolds
19.
If I ever stop working, I might have a problem. But I never seem to be able to stop working.
Debbie Reynolds
20.
I feel sorry for the young people today. I think there's too much paparazzi and not enough protection.
Debbie Reynolds
21.
I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me.
Debbie Reynolds
22.
We've lost a lot of our great stars. I can't hang out with those who aren't here. The phone service to heaven is so bad, you know. But I get to visit with their memories.
Debbie Reynolds
23.
Every secret gets known to the world.
Debbie Reynolds
24.
I've always put my own money into my own shows because today, if you want to stay in the business, you have to produce your own product because there is not enough production and enough people that create today so if you wanna work you produce it or you stay home.
Debbie Reynolds
25.
I do an act, and I've been doing an act for 50 years. I do a variety show, which is a musical comedy show. I do comedy, and I do singing, Broadway show tunes and different songs that I like. Been doing it for many, many years.
Debbie Reynolds
26.
I had a lot of fun with Frank Sinatra, because he was such a hooligan, and so to himself, he was the king, and everything was his way, and I enjoyed watching that.
Debbie Reynolds
27.
I do a lot of things wrong. I lose my temper, and I hate waiting in line, but do I take drugs? No.
Debbie Reynolds
28.
I loved going to films, but as far as a movie buff, when I came into the movies at 16, life changed a little bit for me, from an onlooker to a person that lived within the industry. So now I would call myself a different sort of fan.
Debbie Reynolds
29.
I always avoid not working.
Debbie Reynolds
30.
I think the press does, too; it's just the few crazies and paparazzi that give them a bad name. Real writers write good things. My daughter's a writer, and she's a quality writer.
Debbie Reynolds
31.
I really can't answer that off the top of my head, my favorite movies. Each one individually was wonderfully made, wonderfully directed, wonderfully written, wonderfully acted, and each one was entirely different.I like romantic movies. I sort of go for the older movies.
Debbie Reynolds
32.
I don't have to retire to be happy.
Debbie Reynolds
33.
I guess a lot of things happen still.
Debbie Reynolds
34.
I'm not a big shoot-em-up, bang-bang. I like romantic films.
Debbie Reynolds
35.
If you do a musical, it's really thrilling and it's a lot of work, but it's very rewarding. I would say, for me, what I like best is what I do, which is, I call it vaudeville, I call it live, I call it in concert, I call it what Bette Midler does, and what Garland did for years, and Ethel Merman.
Debbie Reynolds
36.
I just think there's more paparazzi, there's more cable TV, there's millions of networks now, there's more paparazzi. People liked gossip then, and they like gossip now.
Debbie Reynolds
37.
If you're a dancer, study singing.
Debbie Reynolds
38.
Marilyn Monroe was a very sweet girl, she was a very innocent girl.
Debbie Reynolds
39.
I started to earn money because we didn't have money.
Debbie Reynolds
40.
I don't give parties, and I'm not in that social scene. I couldn't care less.
Debbie Reynolds
41.
I think people want to stay home and run movies with their whole family at home. It become a family hobby instead of going out to the theater, sad to say. But I think it's very good because it reaches millions that would never see these movies.
Debbie Reynolds
42.
If you have a secret, keep it to yourself.
Debbie Reynolds
43.
I have over five thousand costumes and props and cars, and I have a twenty-five thousand square foot warehouse full of memorabilia.
Debbie Reynolds
44.
I'm just a movie fan. I used to go to the movies just to watch movies.
Debbie Reynolds
45.
The young people today are really so creative and talented - I mean, the ones who are really are and they get together and produce and create. They're an entirely different breed from what I was when I was their age.
Debbie Reynolds
46.
Gene Kelly was a great dancer and I was lucky to be in 'Singin' in the Rain.' He was my teacher when I was 17 years old, when he was 37 years old. He taught me everything.
Debbie Reynolds
47.
When I was doing theater in the 1950's, 60's and 70's we weren't allowed to film any of the shows that I did, it was against union rules. It was a stupid law, because so much is lost. We now have no record of these famous stage plays, so it turned out to be very narrow-minded thinking.
Debbie Reynolds
48.
One take, so you better be ready and you better be good. One take and that was it. It was something that was spontaneous. Both Sid Caesar and Jackie Gleason was like that as well.
Debbie Reynolds
49.
I loved working with Bette Davis. Bette Davis was great to work with and a wonderful teacher, and very kind to me. We became good friends.
Debbie Reynolds
50.
I don't think it's the fans, I think it's the fact that they get paid a lot of money for a picture of you doing something wrong. They don't seem to be interested in anything good any more.I think people appreciate what you do.
Debbie Reynolds
