Shirley Booth

Actors should be overheard, not listened to, and the audience is 50 percent of the performance. ↗

— Shirley Booth

#listened #overheard #percent #performance #should

But, my dear, I knew when I was a baby what I wanted to do, and I'll tell you, kiddo, if you don't do what your heart tells you, you'll never be real. ↗

— Shirley Booth

#be real #dear #heart #i #knew

I'm not a betting woman, but I have $50 on Secretariat with an old director friend of mine. ↗

— Shirley Booth

#director #friend #i #mine #old

It's OK, I guess, if you really need the money, but luckily, I'm not in that position. ↗

— Shirley Booth

#i #luckily #money #need #ok

There is an audience for every play; it's just that sometimes it can't wait long enough to find it. ↗

— Shirley Booth

#enough #every #find #just #long

Why is it that men who can go through severe accidents, air raids, and any other major crisis always seems to think that they are at death's door when they have a simple head cold? ↗

— Shirley Booth

#air #always #any #cold #crisis