I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them.
Ethel MermanI wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals
Ethel MermanI was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?
Ethel MermanAs far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand
Ethel Merman