I really feel all my adult life has been spent in that little black box. If a wonderful part on TV came along I would do it. But I don’t want to do a recurring role. It would just be my luck that the thing would be successful. I’m old enough now and also secure enough financially that I really only want to do what I want to do. Bea Arthur Read Quote
I realised I had spent the majority of my adult life doing two characters – Maude from 1972-’79 and Dorothy from 1985-’92 – and I really didn’t know what I wanted to do after ‘Golden Girls.’ I knew what I didn’t want to do – any more sitcoms, or wait for the next great role that might never come. Bea Arthur Read Quote
Someone once accused me of trying to turn the sitcom into an art form, and I really believe that’s what I was trying to do. Bea Arthur Read Quote
I believe that you’re here on Earth for a short time, and while you’re here, you shouldn’t forget it. Bea Arthur Read Quote
