Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. Julie Andrews Read Quote
I turned down ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brody’ with Maggie Smith. I think she got the Academy Award. Julie Andrews Read Quote
My mother and stepfather were in Vaudeville. And my stepfather was an alcoholic. It was a lot of roller coaster times. But it’s all I knew. I think they did the best they could under the circumstances, with me and all the family. Julie Andrews Read Quote
I grew up knowing only war, so for me, it was the way things were. It wasn’t pleasant by any means. Julie Andrews Read Quote
When I did ‘The Sound of Music’ and ‘Mary Poppins’ and ‘The Americanization of Emily,’ all three were in the can and had not yet been released. So I was driving around having a fine time learning about how to make movies and enjoying myself enormously, and then they were released, and it was quite an assault, in a way. Julie Andrews Read Quote
I justified working so hard by knowing that I was helping to maintain the roof over our heads. Julie Andrews Read Quote
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. Julie Andrews Read Quote
