Actors often want to look like they’re comfortable. You want to go into an audition saying, ‘I’m your gal. I’m what you need.’ Yet you don’t want to push. Valerie Harper Read Quote
I’ve always done character roles and tons of movies as the so-called star, but I always felt I was one of the team. Valerie Harper Read Quote
All of us are going to die. Every single one of us. So, while you’re alive, be alive. Valerie Harper Read Quote
Life has sweetness to it and a beauty and a power that I wanted to celebrate. Valerie Harper Read Quote
The first Broadway play I ever saw was ‘The Bad Seed’ by Maxwell Anderson and with Patty McCormack. ‘The Bad Seed’ was from an extraordinary novel by William March. Valerie Harper Read Quote
Really appreciate the sunset as you’re driving home, cursing all the terrible drivers on the road. Be where you are when you’re there rather than out there in the future or back there in the past. Valerie Harper Read Quote
I was a dancer, but I was always a little overweight. I’d say, ‘Hello, I’m Valerie Harper, and I’m overweight.’ I’d say it quickly before they could… I always got called chubby. My nose was too wide; my hair was too kinky. Valerie Harper Read Quote