Beatrice Arthur

I'm really not an invalid.

I'm really not an invalid.

You know, the way I'm accepted, I almost feel like Judy Garland, truly. It makes no sense to me because read more

You know, the way I'm accepted, I almost feel like Judy Garland, truly. It makes no sense to me because I don't think that I've been any more outspoken... Or maybe I have, I don't know. But everyone I know supports anything that has to do with raising money or with AIDS.

My vagina can't give a monologue!

My vagina can't give a monologue!

When something is written for the stage, I think it's wrong to try to make it bigger. Very few things read more

When something is written for the stage, I think it's wrong to try to make it bigger. Very few things out there make that jump easily.

I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was read more

I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement. And I wasn't at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me.