Julie Andrews

How dare one act like a diva when you have a lot of work to do and you need to find your disciplines and so on?

I did a lot of touring in my youth, and I learnt very quickly that giving is what it's all about. It's about the gift of making an audience feel great and forget their cares, if only for a few hours.

There are elements of me in the roles I've played in the past. But people forget that Mary Poppins was just a role, too.

If you've been fortunate enough to do a film that appeals to the entire family, that's the audience that's probably going to come back to you in something else.

I really feel very blessed, and I don't forget it, either; there's an awful lot of wonderful talent in this world, and I just seem to be in the right place at the right time.

I'm just honored that some of my little contributions I've written with my daughter are doing well.

I did all of my learning on 'My Fair Lady.'

I'm beginning to think that I like the behind-the-scenes work as much as I do in front of the camera as I get a little bit older.

When one door closes, another window opens.

Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing.

I was raised never to carp about things and never to moan, because in vaudeville, which is my background, you just got on with it through all kinds of adversities.

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

After all, children are children no matter their background.

Well it's all right to cry. It helps a great deal sometimes.

Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice.

Miracles, contrary to popular belief, do not just happen. A miracle is the achievement of the impossible, and it is only when we put aside out greed, anger, pride and prejudice so that our minds are open and ready to accept it, that a miracle can occur.