Boring, oh well, I still meet with friends and I’m enjoying life at 97 here in Palm Springs. They are trying to establish a new theater here in the desert, and if they raise enough money I understand they might be calling it The Carol Channing Playhouse. Wouldn’t that be wonderful? What an honor that would be.

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Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.

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I am terribly shy, but of course no one believes me. Come to think of it, neither would I.

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When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like to other people. And the moment you do it's a formula for yourself, and then you're imitating yourself, and then nobody likes you and they dont know why.

Carol Channing

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Onstage, you just have to tell the absolute truth about the character you are playing. You hope you communicate it, and you hope it comes back like a tennis ball. If you're listening to the sound of your own voice, nobody else is. The audience knows, and they freeze on you.

Carol Channing

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You know, if you're lucky enough to have two smash hit shows, the traffic of the world goes through your dressing room.

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I'm allergic to chemicals in food so I eat only organic foods.

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Theres nothing like Nashville for making records.

Carol Channing

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Everybody was saying, 'She's not 5-foot-2, eyes of blue. She's over 6 feet tall and has muddy brown eyes,' but Anita (Loos) stuck to it.

Carol Channing

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I was 16 years old and my mother told me, and you know, only the reaction on me was,' Gee, I got the greatest genes in show business.'.

Carol Channing

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It was all special, i suppose that sounds cliché, but it's true. Every bit of the production, from opening night to the last night of the tour.

Carol Channing

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I am proud of it now, but at the time I certainly didn’t know it was going to be that big of a deal, we just saw it as an opportunity to promote the current show. The result was very positive, so I did it again. I honestly can’t offer a comment on any others who have participated since then… I never had time to watch. [But] those who are tapped to do the halftime show are very lucky and part of a very exclusive club… which I suppose makes me the matriarch.

Carol Channing

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She never minced words, she said what was on her mind and her advice was always very sincere and heartfelt. She wanted everyone to succeed… [And] she loved backgammon!

Carol Channing

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Just lucky I guess, that was title of my book. It was based on an old joke. Here it is: Cop to hooker, ‘What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?’ She answers, ‘Just lucky I guess.’ That has been my life.

Carol Channing

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Regret leads to negativity and negativity kills creativity, given the opportunity, I might change a choice I made, but you can’t regret making what you thought was the best decision at the time.

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She is a good friend and every bit as talented as her mother.

Carol Channing

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I did an episode of ‘Family Guy,’ in which they wanted me to say the F-word. You know that one? Well, I refused. We finally agreed that I would say ‘friggen’… That was our compromise. And I think it was just as funny as the other.

Carol Channing

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I've never understood the use of vulgar language, but the definition of 'risque' is open to interpretation. I suppose I did many things in my shows that could be considered risque... at the time... right up until my 90s.

Carol Channing

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My clothes are an extension of my personality. I'd look awful in ladylike dresses.

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There are a lot of actors that don't like touring and will do just about anything to get out of it, but I loved it. I loved the cities, the people, and the new experiences it offered.

Carol Channing

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If I talk about something I either talk about it or I DO it... the minute I talk about it it's lost all it's drive and all it's fun.

Carol Channing

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