My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences

- Lorna Luft

My mom was a phoenix who always expected to rise again from the ashes of her latest disaster... She loved being Judy Garland.

- Lorna Luft

My mother's life had been destroyed by the Garland legend.

- Lorna Luft

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 goi…

- Lorna Luft

I guess the only way I could describe myself is someone that lives right in the present.

- Lorna Luft

Living in continual chaos is exhausting, frightening. The catch is that it's also very addictive.

- Lorna Luft

The sicker mother got, the stranger the people surrounding her became. I called them The Garland Freaks.

- Lorna Luft

I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.

- Lorna Luft

The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them.

- Lorna Luft