I guess the only way I could describe myself is someone that lives right in the present. Lorna Luft More Quotes by Lorna Luft More Quotes From Lorna Luft There's so much, I guess I want to say, nonsense about show business now. Because of reality television. I don't get this, because I was never raised to get this, but I don't understand wanting to be famous. Maybe it's because I was born famous, but I don't get it. Lorna Luft wantrealitytelevision I was born in a blender. Lorna Luft blendersborn Sinatra was just one of Mom's friends. Lorna Luft just-onemom One trait of addictive families is that we never recognize our own addictions. Lorna Luft traitsaddiction When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent. Lorna Luft agentsindependentmother When you're Judy Garland and you want something, you just pick up the phone and call somebody. Anybody. Lorna Luft garlandswant-somethingphones The only difference between the Bel Air of the '90s and the Bel Air of my childhood is that now the nannies are Latina instead of British, and the cars European instead of American Lorna Luft cardifferencesair Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic. Lorna Luft looking-forwardbirthmother Liza is in the tabloids almost as much as our mother was. She has struggled with her own ghosts and shadows. Lorna Luft tabloidsshadowmother The high point of my entire junior high school career was going backstage after the first concert to meet the Beatles in person. I had a huge crush on George Harrison at the time, having inherited my family's passion for skinny musicians, and I was simply awestruck to be meeting the Fab Four in person. Lorna Luft juniorscareersschool The most memorable night of The Judy Garland Show for me was the night my mother pulled me out of the audience and sang to me onstage. Lorna Luft mothermemorablenight In June 1968, five days before my mother's forty -sixth birthday, the world fell apart again. Sirhan Sirhan shot Bobby Kennedy, who died the next day. Why were people shooting all the Kennedys? Had the country gone mad? Lorna Luft madcountrypeople A piece of advice I would give to young actors - hang on to your family, and hang on to your reality - and hang on to your "real". Because you're going into the land of make believe. Lorna Luft landrealbelieve One of the oddities about being Judy Garland's daughter was that everyone treated my mother with such awe that they would never have asked me the normal questions kids get about their moms. Lorna Luft daughtermommother People are always asking me what it's like to be Judy Garland's daughter. It's hard to be a legend's child. Lorna Luft daughtermotherchildren When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it. Lorna Luft motherfeelingsheart My feeling about young people who want to pursue a career is - the first thing is do your homework on where it all started. Go back and look at history. Look at why the shows you are loving today happened and the artists you are listening to happened. And do your homework on history. Whether it's musical movies, musical plays, Broadway musical recordings - do your homework! And then, that way you will have an understanding of why, now, certain movies, certain plays, certain musicals are making some sort of sense. Lorna Luft careersartistplay My sister Liza and I have never felt that we were in competition. Lorna Luft sistercompetitionmy-sister When I got a call from Los Angeles to do the Tonight Show, I considered it more of an inconvenience than an opportunity. Lorna Luft los-angelestonightopportunity My mother's life had been destroyed by the Garland legend. Lorna Luft garlandslegendsmother
