Carol Channing Quotes

When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like to other people. And the moment you do it's a formula for yourself, and then you're imitating yourself, and then nobody likes you and they dont know why.

Onstage, you just have to tell the absolute truth about the character you are playing. You hope you communicate it, and you hope it comes back like a tennis ball. If you're listening to the sound of your own voice, nobody else is. The audience knows, and they freeze on you.

I'm allergic to chemicals in food so I eat only organic foods.

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.

I am terribly shy, but of course no one believes me. Come to think of it, neither would I.

Theres nothing like Nashville for making records.