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Betty White, born on January 17, 1922, is an accomplished American actress. Known for her humor and likable personality, she has captivated audiences across generations with her performances in numerous television shows and films. White's contributions to the entertainment industry extend beyond her exceptional acting, as she has also been a mentor to young actors.

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“If you have one good series, you know, it's a blessing. Two good series is unusual. Three is a phenomenon.”

Ifs Knows Two Three Blessing Series Phenomenon Unusual

Author:Betty White

“Humor is like music. It's a rhythm, and you just kind of get the rhythm of it, and you have to know not to let the beat go too long, but to leave a beat in there for it to gel.”

Knows Kind Long Beats Rhythm

Author:Betty White

“Humor is like a rhythm; it's like music. And you throw a couple of extra syllables in, you wreck the beat and you kill the laugh. So I try to follow the writers very carefully because I know how carefully they worked to do it that way.”

Knows Way Trying Laughing Know How Couple Beats Rhythm Extras Wrecks Syllables

Author:Betty White

“As the years went on, the audience has become very jaded. They've heard every joke, they've seen every story line, they know where you're going before you even start to get there. And that's a hard audience to keep interested.”

Knows Years Hard Stories Lines Audience Heard Jokes Jaded

Author:Betty White

“Don't try to be young. Just open your mind. Stay interested in stuff. There are so many things I won't live long enough to find out about, but I'm still curious about them. You know people who are already saying, 'I'm going to be 30 - oh, what am I going to do?' Well, use that decade! Use them all!”

People Knows Trying Mind Wells Long Stills Enough Use Young Fun Stuff Decades Curious Be Young

Author:Betty White

“I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time.”

Knows Sound Huge Waste Wasting Time

Author:Betty White

“I don't care who anybody sleeps with. If a couple has been together all that time - and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones - I think it's fine if they want to get married. I don't know how people can get so anti-something.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Want Has Beens Care Together Sleep Know How Fine Couple Gay Married Don't Care I Don't Care Gay Relationship

Author:Betty White

“My mother and dad were big animal lovers, too. I just don't know how I would have lived without animals around me. I'm fascinated by them - both domestic pets and the wild community. They just are the most interesting things in the world to me, and it's made such a difference in my lifetime.”

Knows World Made Bigs Mother Community Differences Animal Interesting Know How Lovers Dad Lifetime Pet Fascinated Most Interesting Interesting Things Animal Lover

Author:Betty White

“I don't know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on.”

Knows Turns Tongue Elephants

Author:Betty White

“I'm so compulsive about stuff, I know if I had ever gotten pregnant, of course, that would have been my whole focus. But I didn't choose to have children because I'm focused on my career. And I just don't think, as compulsive as I am, that I could manage both.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Children Has Beens Whole Courses Stuff Careers Focus Focused Manage Pregnant

Author:Betty White

“I think a lot of people like hidden-camera shows where they think they're spying on somebody who doesn't know they're looking at them. And nobody takes it seriously - you either enjoy it and get a laugh out of the reactions or not.”

People Thinking Knows Shows Enjoy Laughing Cameras Reactions

Author:Betty White

“When I pontificate, it sounds so, you know, Oh, well, she's preaching. I'm not preaching, but I think maybe I learned it from my animal friends. Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.”

Thinking Knows Wells Feelings Young Sound Animal Kindness Consideration Preaching Oh Well Animal Friends

Author:Betty White

“I like double entendre because then the people who get it enjoy it, and the people who don't get it don't know about it.”

People Knows Enjoy Double Entendre

Author:Betty White

“You know what the problem that animal activists sometimes have? They only concentrate on the heartbreaking things to the point where the general public thinks, 'Oh, here comes those animal folks again and I'm going to hear all the things I don't want to hear.'”

Thinking Knows Want Sometimes Problem Animal Folks Activist Heartbreaking General Public Animal Activist

Author:Betty White

“If you get into a Broadway show and it doesn't work, you're a failure. And if it does work, you may be stuck for who knows how long. It just doesn't sound great to me!”

Ifs Knows May Long Doe Shows Sound Know How Stuck Broadway Broadway Shows

Book:If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't)

Source: If You Ask Me: (And of Course You Won't)

“If you have one good series, you know, it's a blessing. Two good series is unusual. Three is a phenomenon, but right now, I'm working with these wonderful women on 'Hot in Cleveland,' and Valerie Bertinelli, and Wendy Malick and Jane Leeves are like, it's like the buddy-ship we had on 'Golden Girls' and 'Mary Tyler Moore.'”

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Author:Betty White

“Long ago, I did a five-and-a-half-hour-a-day, six-day-a-week talk show for four years, early on, in Los Angeles - local show. And when you are on that many hours with no script, you know, you get very comfortable, maybe overly comfortable with that small audience.”

Knows Years Long Shows Hours Half Audience Five Four Week Six Comfortable Scripts Locals Los Angeles Four Years Long Ago Half Hours Talk Shows

Author:Betty White

“The audience today has heard every joke. They know every plot. They know where you're going before you even start. That's a tough audience to surprise, and a tough audience to write for. It's much more competitive now, because the audience is so much more - I want to say sophisticated.”

Knows Want Writing Today Audience Heard Jokes Tough Surprise Plot Sophisticated

Author:Betty White

“I don't know how people get so anti-something. Just mind your own business, take care of your own affairs, and don't worry about other people so much.”

People Knows Mind Care Worry Affair Positivity Take Care Own Business Mind Your Own Business Mind Your Own

Author:Betty White

“I didn't know I was a gay icon. I get a lot of mail - but I don't get many bad letters - but I got a woman the other day that was so upset with me because they said, 'How do you feel about the gay marriage thing?' and my answer to that is, 'I really don't care with whom you sleep, I just care what kind of a decent human being you are.' I figure all the rest of it is your business and not mine. And not hers, incidentally.”

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“I really have to thank Facebook ... I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. I would never say the people on it are losers, but that's only because I'm polite. People say 'But Betty, Facebook is a great way to connect with old friends.' Well at my age, if I wanna connect with old friends, I need a Ouija Board. Needless to say, we didn't have Facebook when I was growing up. We had phonebook, but you wouldn't waste an afternoon with it.”

People Ifs Knows Way Needs Wells Age Sound Growing Up Growing Huge Waste Boards Loser Afternoon Wasting Time Polite Old Friends Ouija Board

Author:Betty White

“I know unless I'm true to myself I couldn't be happy. Too much emphasis is placed today on externals and too little on character.”

Knows Littles Character Today Too Much Self Knowledge Emphasis True To Myself

Author:Betty White

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Born: January 17, 1922
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 136

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