Quotes by Patty Duke

About Patty Duke:

Anna Marie is an American actress of stage, film and television. She first became famous as a child star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for her role in The Miracle Worker, which she had originated on Broadway. She later starred in the sitcom, The Patty Duke Show. She progressed to more mature roles upon playing Neely O'Hara in the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls. She was later elected president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1985 to 1988, succeeding her Patty Duke Show co-star William Schallert.
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I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.

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For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.

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It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.

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I can't even remember how many times I tried to kill myself.

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I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll.

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I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker.

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I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned.

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I still have highs and lows, just like any other person. What's missing is the lack of control over the super highs, which became destructive, and the super lows, which are immediately destructive.

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I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.

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I'm not sure I want all my neuroses cleared up.

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If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient.

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My recovery from manic depression has been an evolution, not a sudden miracle.

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I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother.

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I'm living out a childhood fantasy. Our house is in a historic district of a small town that I used to read about in storybooks.

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Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.

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The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up.

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The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an actress. It was very dramatic to me. To him, it was just a thing he had to say.

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We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.

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When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.

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You can have manic-depression without having an ounce of creativity.

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Author Bio

  • NamePatty Duke
  • DescriptionActress
  • BornDecember 14, 1946
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Actor; Film Actor; Singer; Politician
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Supporting Actress