Teri Garr Quotes

I think eventually they're going to find out that MS is like 10 different things. I have a neurological disease something like MS, and it's MS, so let's take medicine for it.

Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who's the person to buy it from.

I'm really grateful for my dancers' discipline.

People aren't so interested in seeing movies about women's problems.

Usually, the extras have a different mentality. I had the mentality of an artist, because I was a 'ballet-rina.' But most extras are out to make a fast buck for nothing. They're 'atmosphere.'

I have a disease, but I also have a lot of other things.

I want to write about my experiences since 'Speedbumps.'

You can be diagnosed and treated early. And there is hope for the future.

I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career.

I have heard all kinds of stories about telling employers about MS and I really don't know what the answer is. I am a private person, but I have found support by talking to fellow MSrs in the community.

I plan to live to be 120!

I have been off the motorcycles for about 20 years now, but that doesn't mean I can't still do it.

When you hear the word 'disabled,' people immediately think about people who can't walk or talk or do everything that people take for granted. Now, I take nothing for granted. But I find the real disability is people who can't find joy in life and are bitter.

I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.

My doctor said, for want of a better word, now that we've got medicines out here that can help, let's put you on one of them and say we're treating MS.

I remember when we did our first read-through, Sonny [Bono] looks at the script and he goes, 'Okay, I'll see you guys later. Chai-ay-oh!' And I said, 'It's ciao! Aren't you Italian? C-i-a-o doesn't spell chai-ay-oh.' [Laughs.] Sonny's dead, so he won't be embarrassed if I tell that story.

Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women.

I was in an acting class taught by Eric Morris, and Jack Nicholson was in the class. He wrote the script for 'Head', so all of us in the class got little tiny parts in the movie.

I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go.

You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like the team at MS LifeLines. They are there to support the MS community and give good advice.

I do Pilates a lot. I don't do a lot of cardiovascular stuff.

I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves.

I've always had this American-pie face that would get work in commercials ... I'd say things like, 'Hi, Marge, how's your laundry?' and 'Hi, I'm a real nice Georgia peach.' Sometimes this work is one step above being a cocktail waitress.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I now appreciate what I have and I am not running around like a rat in a maze.

There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The community today needs to know that with MRI and the current medications the view is good.

You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.

With this disease it is so easy to throw in the towel, and that is the worst thing we can do.

There were symptoms that I saw, and though I went to many doctors and had many tests, no one diagnosed MS.