Debbie Reynolds

I'm an Aries and sort of a challenge to myself.

It takes a long time to realize a situation is for real, and then you finally face it.

I wish I could have been more enlightened at 18 and learned more about men because I could have avoided all the traps.

My first husband ran off with Elizabeth Taylor.

I was raised to think that if you behaved badly with men, you went to hell. I realise now it is puritanical and not very adult.

My mother, Maxine, was married at 16 to my father Raymond, and in 56 years together, he was the only man she ever had.

We were very old-fashioned. My preacher at church told me I could not go in to the movies because it would make me a 'wanton woman.'

I've always been a good mother, but I've always been in show business, and I've been on stage, and I don't bake cookies and I don't stay home.

It took, like, 30 years for Carrie to be really happy with me. I don't know what the problem ever was. I've had to work at it.

It's not natural to outlive your child. This has always been my greatest fear.

Too many mothers have lost their children, for thousands of different reasons.

Carrie is my child, and I love her with every ounce of strength I possess.

If love alone could cure our children, they would always be well.

I was just a beginner, and she and I were not in any manner alike, but we got along very well because I was in awe of going to school with Elizabeth Taylor.

You don't have to be angry and become an ugly person.

As a parent, you must give your opinion. And if that causes a breach, then it causes a breach.

People used to call her Debbie Reynolds' daughter. Now they call me Princess Leia's mother!

Robert Wagner was my greatest crush.

I'm a sucker for a good movie.

My son, Todd Fisher- he has been such a wonderful son and brother.

I had a normal life; we didn't meet movie stars. We lived in Texas where you had rollerskates, and if you got a bicycle, that was a very big gift.

I'm always sad to see a relationship not work, but what happens between two people is not my business.

I should see a board of directors who should vote on who I should date.

Fred Astaire was retired when he worked in 'The Pleasure of His Company.' They were lucky to get him to play the father part.

All the training at MGM came to be a great help for me on 'Molly Brown.'

Travel is hard, but entertaining is joy.

Every performer should learn a little bit of everything.

So many things that happen to you are so dreadful, it's important to have a sense of humour.

I wanted to have no ribs. I wore what was called a waist-nipper in those days. My mother made it. It's a piece of rubber band I wore around to hold my rib cage in. I don't know why I always loved that. I guess I was a glutton for punishment. I think I was born one of those people who loved swords and fought in armor.

I don't think you can ever be bitter about anything, because if you don't allow your heart to stay open, then all you have is a filled heart of hate and bitterness, and you're never able to love or like anybody.

I just think my life's been really blessed, because being in show business, I've met wonderful people, and I've traveled all over the world.

My dreams kind of came through when I went to see the cinema.

I would never not work.

That's my business, show business.

I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

I like being a Girl Scout.

'Singin' in the Rain' and childbirth are two of the hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

We were very poor, and I entered a talent contest as a young teenager because if you entered, even if you didn't win, they gave you a free blouse.

Lana Turner and Ava Gardner were my special friends at MGM.

Bette Davis was a close friend. She loved to have a good time.

The truth is I loved an audience.

I'm 78. 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.

He caressed my backside. I had heard that he was famous for his 'admiration' of the ladies, but I didn't expect him to be handling my booty. As handsome as Prince Philip is, I wasn't sure if he was making a pass or just exercising some royal rights to squeeze the foreigners.

My husbands all repeatedly said the same thing - that I was not a very passionate woman.

It seemed that I was more interested in raising my children, not in pursuing my husbands.

My marriages have been one of the greatest voids in my life.

I have very poor taste in men, and I married all the wrong men.

Gene Kelly was a little tough, and he used to yell at me on the set.

Everyone I dated was gay.

Liberace - or Lee, as us friends called him - was great. He was gay, you know.