Julie Andrews Quotes

I don't think today's younger audience ... would even know what 1920s musicals were like. ~ Julie Andrews

All love shifts and changes ... ~ Julie Andrews

Nick stands up and offers his hand to me. I have no idea what he wants, but what the hell, I take his hand anyway, and he pulls me up on my feet then presses against me for a slow dance and it's like we're in a dream where he's Christopher Plummer and I'm Julie Andrews and we're dancing on the marble floor of an Austrian terrace garden. Somehow my head presses Nick's t-shirt and in this moment I am forgetting about time and Tal because maybe my life isn't over. Maybe it's only beginning. ~ Rachel Cohn

It's lovely that the Hollywood stars are crossing over to Broadway ... There used to be such a dividing line in the country between Hollywood and the theatre and that's just melting away. It's just wonderful right now! ~ Julie Andrews

In terms of influence, my style icons have been a mixture of Julie Andrews and Olivia Newton-John. When I was little I used to watch 'Grease,' 'Mary Poppins' and 'The Sound of Music' a lot. If you put all those things together you do kind of get my outfits. A slightly tarty nanny in a second-hand outfit. That is pretty much what I wear. ~ Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. ~ Julie Andrews

Mary Poppins is magical and fun. ~ Julie Andrews

Mandy tidied the weeds and pulled out some of the summer flowers. It saddened her to do so. She was parting with beloved friends. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

I suppose partially because of the success of the early movies and things like that, I began to realize, that children do look up to you in some way, and there is a responsibility for how you behave with them. I know that it's important to make them feel very valuable, not to talk down to them. ~ Julie Andrews

I miss singing very, very much, but the best thing is I have never been busier. ~ Julie Andrews

One of my favorites is 'The Sound of Music'. When Julie Andrews runs through the hills singing her head off, I always wish that a gust of wind would blow her skirt up. ~ Mark Roberts

Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself. ~ Lesley Garrett

I've got a good right hook. ~ Julie Andrews

I wouldn't mind that as my epitaph. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

Every time I do anything, I have to ask myself: Is it a good role, and is it right to do it? There may be sex or nudity or violence in the script, and then you have to say: Is it gratuitous just out to shock people? Or is it there because it has to be? If a role demands it, and it isn't gratuitous, I'll do it. It's my job, after all. I'm an actress. ~ Julie Andrews

The old fairy tales are very, very violent, and these days I think we could do with a little less of it. ~ Julie Andrews

I think every young girl at some point in her early life wonders what it's like to be a princess. They like the idea of dressing up and the fun of it. ~ Julie Andrews

Public libraries are our great teachers and storytellers, and are a vital adjunct to our schools. In this day of standardized and homogenized education, a library offers individual and personalized learning opportunities second to none. ~ Julie Andrews

Whatever man imagines is possible ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

Hopefully, I brought people a certain joy. That will be a wonderful legacy. ~ Julie Andrews

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

I sing 'I Have Confidence' from 'The Sound of Music' as Judy Garland, Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Elaine Stritch and Julie Andrews - each alternating lines. ~ Sara Chase

I do ask myself sometimes, what am I doing writing about animals that talk like we do? But I guess it's okay if it brings across a point. ~ Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews has a wonderful British strength that makes you wonder why they lost India. ~ Moss Hart

For me, singing was always about the lyrics. I'm hopeless at singing songs that don't have a core. ~ Julie Andrews

Where the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window. ~ Julie Andrews

You can stay home," V muttered. "You really can totally f-in' stay the f home, you f'ed-up mother-f'ing f-twit."
Lassiter clasped his breastplate, and swooned like Julie Andrews. "Don't you love it when he can't swear? Warms my cockles - it's like watching a drunk on roller skates try to play dodgeball in the dark - ~ J.R. Ward

All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

For the last time, you cannot wear that cropped fleece vest ~ Julie Andrews

So basically," Calvin said, "this is My Fair Lady in a walk-up on West Twenty-Second Street with no music and no Julie Andrews. ~ David Pratt

Early one beautiful summer evening, when everyone else was drinking indoors, Tony and I walked down to the river. We lay on the grass under a tree and chatted. At one point, Tony said, "Look at the pattern of lace the leaves make against the sky." I looked at the canopy above us, and suddenly saw what he saw. My perspective completely shifted. I realized I didn't have his "eyes" -- though once he pointed it out, it became obvious. It made me think, "My God, I never look enough," and in the years since, I've tried very hard to look --
and look again. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark. ~ Julie Andrews

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely. ~ Julie Andrews

I would like to make one thing quite clear ... I never explain anything. ~ Julie Andrews

I think that the best way to explain that is that my mother gave me all the color and character and flare and liveliness, and my father gave me all the sanity and nature and all the things that helped me be a more rounded human being. ~ Julie Andrews

Once in a while I experience an emotion onstage that is so gut-wrenching, so heart-stopping, that I could weep with gratitude and joy. The feeling catches and magnifies so rapidly that it threatens to engulf me. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

Words are what make the song. I get a personal vision about what the lyrics are about. ~ Julie Andrews

Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing. ~ Julie Andrews

Kristy smiles at both of us, the kind of smile that makes Julie Andrews look like a jaded crack whore. ~ Hannah Johnson

Perserverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly. ~ Julie Andrews

I think of part of myself as a very passionate person, but I don't think that comes across. I don't know where it comes from, that reserve or veneer of British niceness. But it doesn't bother me if other people don't spot the passion. I know it's there. ~ Julie Andrews

A rose lay open in full bloom
and, looking from my garden room,
I watched the sun-baked flower fill with rain.
It seemed so fragile,
resting there,
and such a silence filled the air,
the beauty of the moment caused me pain.
"What more?" I thought. "There must be more."
As if in answer then, I saw
one weighty drop that caused my rose to fall.
It trembled, then cascaded down
to earth just staining gentle brown
and, since then, I've felt different.
That's all. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it. ~ Julie Andrews

It is not enough to reach for the brass ring. You must also enjoy the merry go round. ~ Julie Andrews

If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing. ~ Julie Andrews

There will be many times in your lives
at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up
when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you're my only leading lady I've never slept with? I said, Well, please don't tell everybody, it's the worst image. ~ Julie Andrews

Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect. ~ Julie Andrews

If you're lucky enough to be able to have therapy
because I know it's very privileged
it gets rid of so much garbage and enables you to focus on what's important. When I first went into analysis, my mother was absolutely horrified. She thought I'd be a loony! ~ Julie Andrews

I can't believe 50 years have gone by since that film was released. I blinked and suddenly here I am. We all really felt blessed and as for me; how lucky can a girl get. Great music does more than enhance a film, it cements our memories in the film going experience. ~ Julie Andrews

I do think, where would kids be if it weren't for you and for the good pediatricians, and for the good parents? I passionately believe in sitting a child on your lap and tracing the lines of the book with your finger, and they can read before they know they can, if you bother enough. I did it with my kids, and they're doing it with their kids now. ~ Julie Andrews

The world is full of magical places, and the library has always been one of them for me. A library can be that special place for our children. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about. ~ Julie Andrews

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

Learn to listen when people are talking. Frist, it's a great art, and second, it's quite possible that when people say ne thing they mean another. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

I'm never lonely when I'm writing, because you live with the characters that are so alive in your mind. And you really see them and know them and get to be friends with them. ~ Julie Andrews

Remember: the amateur works until he can get it right. The professional works until he cannot go wrong. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

Not everyone believes that I'm a fairy princess, but the sparkle I feel inside tells me that it's true. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game! ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

My first memoir, 'Home,' was about my childhood, early training and formative years in the Theater, i am so pleased that my good friends at the Hachette Book Group have encouraged me to share the next phase of my life, beginning with my arrival in Hollywood and the wonderful movies and television programs I was asked to be a part of. ~ Julie Andrews

When adversity hits, go out and learn something. ~ Julie Andrews

Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing. ~ Julie Andrews

Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands. ~ Julie Andrews

There is only one possible road you can take,' he said, 'and that is t go by way of your imagination. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever. ~ Julie Andrews

I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me. ~ Julie Andrews

Beginnings are always hard. ~ Julie Andrews

I work out as little as I can for as much gain as I can. Yoga and a little bit of ballet
only 30 or 40 minutes every other day. I keep supple for myself more than for roles. ~ Julie Andrews

I am an optimistic lady. ~ Julie Andrews

I don't sing the way I used to, so I'm doing everything I can to put the word out that they shouldn't expect that. ~ Julie Andrews

Of course I know Julie Andrews. She's the last of the really great broads. ~ Paul Newman

Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

Quite often I'll turn on the television and something like Sound of Music will be on or Victor/Victoria and I might watch a moment or two. But I don't actually sit down and say I'm going to watch one of my movies. ~ Julie Andrews

Julie Andrews is so iconic, and I grew up watching 'The Sound of Music' - it's every girl's dream to play Maria, in a way, I think. That music! ~ Laura Osnes

I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it. ~ Julie Andrews

The music and lyrics of Rodgers & Hammerstein connect seamlessly. Singing those beautiful songs was a joyous experience for me, and one that I will never forget. ~ Julie Andrews

I'd like to be an original, to be myself and not a pale copy of anyone else. ~ Julie Andrews

November came roaring in with gusty winds and more wet weather. Mandy's depression would not go away. Her garden seemed sad, too. It was virtually empty now, and the few brave flowers that remained there were flattened by rain, their yellows stalks sprawling in all directions. Most of the trees were bare, and the woods had a wet carpet of leaves. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on. ~ Julie Andrews

Can I give them what they think they're going to get from me? That's always the big question. ~ Julie Andrews

You know, making an animated movie is such a lonesome thing. You mostly don't see your fellow actors or anything. You go into your booth, you record all your dialogue. It's very much an issue of trust. You leave it all up to the director. ~ Julie Andrews

Miracles, contrary to popular belief, do not just happen. A miracle is the achievement of the impossible, and it is only when we put aside out greed, anger, pride and prejudice so that our minds are open and ready to accept it, that a miracle can occur. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

I certainly wouldn't compare the rewards of watching one's children grow and mature with that of money piling up at the box office. Both are pleasant, but to varying degrees. As the old saying goes, you can't take an audience home with you. You can't depend on the loyalty of fans, who, after all is said and done, are just faceless people one seldom sees. And few stars have their fans forever. But a child is forever. That bond and relationship is timeless and doesn't depend on your looks, age or popularity at the moment. ~ Julie Andrews

It reminded him of the Sound of Music. Myron liked the ole Julie Andrews musical well enough. who didn't? but he always found one song particularly dumb. One of the classics, actually. My Favorite Things. The song made no sense. Ask a zillion people to list their absolute favorite things, and how many of them are going to list doorbells for crying out loud.
You know what, Milly, I love doorbells. To hell with strolling on a quiet beach, or reading a great book, or making love or seeing a broadway musical. Doorbells, Milly, doorbells really punch my ticket. Sometimes I just run up to people's houses and press their doorbells and, well, I think i am man enough to admit I shutter. ~ Harlan Coben

That night she dreamed of the deer. Strangely, the animal was holding her. She cuddled close into the soft fur and touched and kissed it gently. In the morning her pillow was wet with tears. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

I hate the word wholesome. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time. ~ Julie Andrews

On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter. ~ Julie Andrews

As the wildly favorable word of mouth spread, however, the box office receipts began to soar. First, fans of musicals came. Then the ever-growing cadre of Julie Andrews devotees. Finally, those longing for a happy ending - anywhere - began to turn out in droves. At which point the oddest thing of all happened: all these fans of the movie returned to see it again. And then once more. And then once again - until the phenomenon eventually resulted in a record-setting first release run of over four and a half years. ~ Tom Santopietro

I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it. ~ Kristin Scott Thomas

Don't you sometimes feel bewildered when you think of the millions of things that put life together?' ... 'I;m not bewildered. I'm filled with the deepest awe and wonder. The miracle is that in its complexity it all works. ~ Julie Andrews Edwards

Be a part of all that is decent and be an ambassador for the kind of world that you want to live in, ~ Julie Andrews

Nope.' He grabs my hand and places it over his heart. 'I already know the truth. We're dating.' His eyebrows waggle. 'Exclusively.'
'Gross.'
'Do you want to wear my letterman's jacket?'
'I'm going to vomit.'
'"Should I buy you a corsage?'
'Seriously. Gagging.'
'Okay, no corsage.' He laughs. 'Just the matching tattoos, then?'
'Seriously.' I fight the urge to stomp my foot. 'Let it go, Parker. Let it go.'
'Hey, Elsa, don't quote Frozen to me unless you're prepared to listen to the entire soundtrack in my car on the way to Seaport.' I stare up at him. 'I'm not sure whether I should be disturbed or turned on by the fact that you know all the words to Let It Go.'
He grins. 'Definitely turned on.'
'Downloaded in your iTunes library, no doubt.' I shake my head. 'This is nearly as disturbing as the time I learned the song A Whole New World from Aladdin is a metaphor for mind-blowing sex.'
'I'm sorry, what?'
'I can open your eyes? Lead you wonder by wonder? Over, sideways, and under?' I snort. 'Come on. That's basically soft-core porn.'
'Thank you, Zoe, for ruining a beloved Disney classic for me.'
'Anytime.'
'For the record…' He trails off.
I wince, anticipating the worst. 'What?'
'I'll take you on my magic carpet ride any time you
want, snookums.'
'Pass.'
'So, that's a no on rubbing my lamp then?'
'You know, I think I'll just find my own way to Nate's…' I turn an ~ Julie Johnson

Men who are fatally struck usually take a moment to drop. He felt rather suspended in that moment. ~ Julie Anne Long

Other people can't make you feel stupid. Only you can. ~ Julie Buxbaum

Yes, poor Darren, forced to cook and clean and do other unmanly things. Next thing you know he'll be wearing an apron and popping out babies." He snorted as Darren turned and did something with his hand. "We're friends, but we're not that close, Dare. ~ Julie Kagawa

Delilah." When he said her name like that, all low and Sam Elliott throaty, she had to suppress a shiver. ~ Julie Ann Walker