Overcoming my shyness has been a lifelong struggle. Susan Lucci More Quotes by Susan Lucci More Quotes From Susan Lucci You don't have to get doughty or, suddenly, because you have a new label on you, 'Oh, I'm 50, so therefore, I have to be a certain thing.' Follow your heart and look at your rear view as well as your front view! Susan Lucci view look you heart I occasionally buy a bikini, but I'm too shy to wear it. Susan Lucci bikini buy wear shy I think we all cheer for couples who just seem right together and go the distance. Susan Lucci go think distance together I was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award 19 times before I won. The first nine years, I heard someone else's name called; after that - I think it was a protective thing - I didn't hear whose name was called, but nobody was making eye contact with me, so I knew that it wasn't mine. Susan Lucci award name nobody me The sense of acting being teamwork was a mentality that I took from school: I studied with wonderful people, and I wanted them to be proud of me. Susan Lucci me teamwork people school I love fashion. Susan Lucci i-love fashion love With 'Dancing with the Stars,' they miraculously send your dance teacher with you wherever you need to be. Susan Lucci you dance stars teacher I was a shy little girl. Growing up, I was often content being alone in my room, making up stories, and acting out all the parts. I became so good at it that, with the door closed, my parents thought I had friends over. Susan Lucci alone parents good girl My father was an ironworker who eventually co-founded a construction business. My mother, Jeanette, was a stay-at-home mom who had been an operating-room nurse until my older brother, Jimmy, was born. Susan Lucci business brother mother father I was very lucky both of my parents had really nice skin. Susan Lucci skin parents lucky nice If your skin looks okay today, and you take care of it, there's a good chance it's going to look good tomorrow. Susan Lucci good you tomorrow today I married young. I had an instinct that this man was going to really wear well, and he has. For me, this is what worked. I always admired Helmut because he was, A, very smart, B, very sure of himself and very, very funny, and so that combination of things. Susan Lucci me man smart funny I got really lucky because I married somebody who is smart and handsome, and he’s very confident and he has a great sense of humor, and, fortunately, he’s not only been supportive, which is a lovely word. He’s been with me, really with me hands-on and right there. He’s really been a rock, and I got lucky because how could I know all that going in? I was 22. Susan Lucci What I had was not caused by a cholesterol buildup or anything, except it was DNA, i got my dad’s genes for a calcium buildup in my arteries. … There’s much more than just appearance. … A test needs to be done. I had a scan that showed I had a 90% blockage. I had no idea. Susan Lucci I didn’t think much of it because I had never had anything, in fact, it had disappeared by the time I was at the table. [But] there was a mild pressure on my chest that also radiated around my rib cage to my back. Like most women, I thought, ‘Oh, it’ll go away.’ And it did. Susan Lucci I've had the opportunity to say to women, give yourself permission to take care of yourself, you are the caretaker for everyone around you, and if you're not well, they're not going to get taken care of either. So be guilt-free, put yourself on that to-do list. Your wellbeing is great for you, and it's great for everyone you love, who loves you. Susan Lucci What I had was not caused by a cholesterol buildup or anything except it was DNA, i got my dad’s genes for a calcium buildup in my arteries. … There’s much more than just appearance. … A test needs to be done. I had a scan that showed I had a 90 percent blockage. I had no idea. Susan Lucci I feel as good now as I ever did in my 20s and 30s, maybe even better physically. Susan Lucci Erica was so much fun to play, i used to say to [creator] Agnes [Nixon], ‘Don’t you think Erica needs to lie down sometimes? Don’t you think she’s exhausted a little bit?’ Because she was very active. She had a lot of husbands and a lot of shenanigans going on, but such a wonderful part. Susan Lucci
