Quotes by Liza Minnelli

About Liza Minnelli:

Liza May Minnelli is an American actress and singer best known for her portrayal of Sally Bowles in the 1972 musical film Cabaret which won her an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that.

Liza Minnelli

I've decided that I am totally against jewelry. So I have all fake. There's no reason to have real diamonds. People think it's real anyway.

Liza Minnelli

Working with Dudley Moore was so hilarious. I don't know how we got anything done because everybody was laughing so hard, but he was such a wonderful man, and he had a kindness and a musicality and a dearness to him that was triumphant.

Liza Minnelli

Audiences are the same all over the world, and if you entertain them, they'll respond.

Liza Minnelli

Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.

Liza Minnelli

I had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again.

Liza Minnelli

But my brother Joey was there, and my sister Tina Nina Minnelli was there.

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First I wanted to be an ice skater, and then I saw 'Bye, Bye Birdie,' and everything changed. I'm glad I learned through the process of theater.

Liza Minnelli

What I'm saying is that I tried very hard to give them my reality and my reality is kind of interesting.

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Well, we have theatrical parties. It's not me singing. People like to get up and jam on the piano.

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No, I'm a theatrical, live performer or a movie performer.

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No, I mean, I most certainly date and go out.

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I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it. I always went to people who knew more than I did.

Liza Minnelli

Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star. We had no idea that other people would think we were special, because there was no other lifestyle to compare it to.

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I walk fast. Keep moving. Always be a moving target. Marilyn Monroe taught me that.

Liza Minnelli

Now, having had this experience, I can't say really what they were looking for. I don't know their minds. But every time I see a reality show, it seems that the most entertaining parts on other reality shows are when they make their guests look fooli...

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So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing. Performing was part of our world.

Liza Minnelli

Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.

Liza Minnelli

To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face.

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I thought that making movies was drab. I'd lived through that. And I didn't want to use my parents, ever... They didn't want to push me into this business.

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I think that's the greatest gift one can have: point of view. You know? I've come to believe that if you have a bad memory of something, change it.

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Author Bio

  • NameLiza Minnelli
  • DescriptionAmerican actress and singer
  • AliasesLiza May Minnelli
  • BornMarch 12, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Singer; Voice Actor
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Legion Of Honour; Academy Award For Best Actress; Primetime Emmy Award; Grammy Legend Award