As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory. Michael Learned More Quotes by Michael Learned More Quotes From Michael Learned I never had a driving ambition to be a star. Michael Learned drivingstarsambition I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the compassionate mother or whatever. Michael Learned compassionatemothertelevision I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody. Michael Learned pridehouserunning For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried. Michael Learned criedsoundlong I dont mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, its pretty straightforward. If you say, I love you, you mean I love you. There isnt time for anything more. Michael Learned love-youmeantelevision I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is. Michael Learned usedacceptancepeople All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families. Michael Learned love-each-otherrealthinking I am not one of those actresses who loves acting. Michael Learned actressesacting When I was a girl, my grandmother would take me during the holidays to see the windows at Saks and Rockefeller Center. Michael Learned holidaysseemegirl I got married at 17, had three kids by the time I was 24, and have never had much time alone. I never had time to develop hobbies. Now, if I have nothing to do, I just find myself cleaning drawers incessantly. Michael Learned alonenevermyselftime If you care about what you do, you don't want to let people down. Michael Learned downyoucarepeople I got married very young and put my career on the back burner for the most part because that's what you did in those days. I've never been a pushy, ambitious type of person anyway. Michael Learned personneverbackyou I'm grateful that I have a theater career because television isn't kind to you when you're over forty. Michael Learned careeryougratefultelevision Nobody can understand the pressures of doing an hour-long TV show unless you've done one. Even when you're not on call, you still are working, learning lines, doing appearances, just tense. Michael Learned nobodyunderstandyoulearning I support anything that puts Ralph Waite fellow actors to work. Michael Learned When people say, ‘I wish you had been my mom,’ it always makes me feel a little sad, olivia was a fictional character. We all wish she had been our mother. I tried to get [producer] Earl Hammer to let her make mistakes because all mothers do at times. Michael Learned
