I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie. The networks just wouldn't spend the money today. - Carol Burnett 2 Share Now -
I loved the Kennedy Center Honors because you just sit there, smile, wave, and cry. - Carol Burnett 3 Share Now -
My grandmother and I would go see movies, and we'd come back to the apartment - we had a one-room apartment in Hollywood - and I would kind of lock myself in this little dressing room area with a cracked mirror on the door and act out what I had just seen. - Carol Burnett 5 Share Now -
My mother was very funny. My dad had a great sense of humor. My grandmother, too. - Carol Burnett 7 Share Now -
It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers. - Carol Burnett 8 Share Now -
My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run. - Carol Burnett 9 Share Now -
