Anybody who has spent time with the networks – in fact, you don’t even have to spend time with the networks, all you have to do is just watch primetime TV – and you think, ‘What the hell are they doing? I could run the network better.’ And I think everybody feels that way. Vicki Lawrence Read Quote
When the opportunity came along to do ‘Win, Lose or Draw,’ I took it selfishly to find out if I did enjoy being me on camera. And I did that for the last two years I was doing ‘Mama’s Family.’ Vicki Lawrence Read Quote
Everyone has a crazy old lady in their family like ‘Mama.’ No one ever comes up to me and says ‘Mama’ is just like them, so no one is ever offended by her. Even young people like to laugh at her. I think she helps kids appreciate their own grandmothers more. Vicki Lawrence Read Quote
People would get Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence all mushed together in their brains, and, bless their hearts, it would come out Carol Lawrence. Vicki Lawrence Read Quote
I often feel like I could fall off the face of the Earth. As long as ‘Mama’ was around, nobody would really miss me. People really think of her as an actual person. People all the time see me and ask, ‘Where’s Mama?’ Like she should be with me. Vicki Lawrence Read Quote
I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up. Vicki Lawrence Read Quote
I feel like my life has been very serendipitous and really kind of humorous. Everything that’s happened to me has been like an, ‘Omigod, are you kidding me?’ Vicki Lawrence Read Quote
I didn’t plan on going into show business. Show business picked me. And it’s been fun. One of the best things about being in show business is people think they know me, and they feel like they grew up with me. Vicki Lawrence Read Quote
