June Allyson Quotes

#1. I was at a luncheon; and some cameras were trained on us. I don't know whether they were for television or not. You know how little I know about cameras.

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#2. In real life I'm a poor dressmaker and a terrible cook, anything in fact but the perfect wife.

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#3. So, to prepare for the role, I had to take music lessons, talk to wives who had husbands overseas, and carefully study the reactions and mannerisms of a friend who was expecting.

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#4. I don't like to fight.

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#5. I always wanted to be a movie star. I thought it meant being famous and having breakfast in bed. I didn't know you had to be up at 4:00 a.m.

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#6. I'm not a career woman.

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#7. Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert.

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#8. [On Ronald Reagan:] Jane Wyman seemed more upset with her husband's obsession with politics than I. I tried to make her laugh. 'He'll outgrow it,' I told her. To her it wasn't funny.

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#9. It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played.

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#10. For the first time in my life I feel important. I'd like to have five babies.

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#11. The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold.

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#12. I lisp. My eyes disappear when I smile. My voice is funny. I don't sing like Judy Garland. I don't dance like Cyd Charisse. But women identify with me. And while men desire Cyd Charisse, they'd take me home to meet Mom.

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#13. The role of Barbara, in Music for Millions, was literally a tonic for me.

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#14. I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies.

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