Carol Channing Quotes

#1. If I talk about something I either talk about it or I DO it ... the minute I talk about it it's lost all it's drive and all it's fun.

Carol Channing

#2. Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.

Carol Channing

#3. There's nothing like Nashville for making records.

Carol Channing

#4. Onstage, you just have to tell the absolute truth about the character you are playing. You hope you communicate it, and you hope it comes back like a tennis ball. If you're listening to the sound of your own voice, nobody else is. The audience knows, and they freeze on you.

Carol Channing

#5. When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like to other people. And the moment you do it's a formula for yourself, and then you're imitating yourself, and then nobody likes you and they dont know why.

Carol Channing

#6. I'm allergic to chemicals in food so I eat only organic foods.

Carol Channing

#7. You know, if you're lucky enough to have two smash hit shows, the traffic of the world goes through your dressing room.

Carol Channing

#8. I am terribly shy, but of course no one believes me. Come to think of it, neither would I.

Carol Channing