You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.
— 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.
My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer.
I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.
I feel like I haven't done my best work yet.
Anything is possible in this world. I really believe that.
Reality is something you rise above.
You have to work hard for it, but first you have to want it, and then you have to dream on it.
The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.
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.
I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it.
I am deeply saddened by the death of my dear friend, Dudley Moore.
And what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something together who were all acting together as one - that's the most exciting time for me.
Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.
Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that.
So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing. Performing was part of our world.
If we had a hard time, my mother would sit me down and we would talk about it, and she kept talking and kept processing until we started to laugh about it.
I feel like there's a world of possibilities out there.
Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star.
Audiences are the same all over the world, and if you entertain them, they'll respond.
