It was no great tragedy being Judy Garland's daughter. I had tremendously interesting childhood years - except they had little to do with being a child.
Liza MinnelliI'm not a very good singer. I just know how to present a song, and honey, I think I've been through enough to do it right.
Liza MinnelliI'm always looking at the next thing. I'm too curious to look back...it's very hard to be unhappy when you're curious and grateful. You're busy. You don't have time to be unhappy. My biggest talent is I know who is more talented than I am. I find them and I go to them, and I learn.
Liza MinnelliHe [Gene Kelly] once told me dancing was a man's game, as much of a sport as baseball itself. And he made us believe that. He changed our minds and suddenly, all of America wanted to dance just like Gene Kelly.
Liza MinnelliNow, having had this experience, I can't say really what they were looking for. I don't know their minds. But every time I see a reality show, it seems that the most entertaining parts on other reality shows are when they make their guests look foolish.
Liza MinnelliBut I don't think there's any reason to get married again, especially after what I've been through.
Liza MinnelliAnd what I liked the most about any project was that when it was good, you had a bunch of people trying to accomplish something together who were all acting together as one - that's the most exciting time for me.
Liza MinnelliI mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it. I always went to people who knew more than I did.
Liza MinnelliI have two false hips, a wired-up right knee, two crushed discs and scoliosis. If I don't dance, I seize up.
Liza MinnelliWhat I'm saying is that I tried very hard to give them my reality and my reality is kind of interesting.
Liza MinnelliNever stop moving, or you'll stop moving. I go to dance class every morning, and it's just good to stay strong; I like being healthy.
Liza MinnelliI consider myself an actress first, a dancer second, and a singer third. Why? Because the dancer needs a reason to move-that's the actor informing the dancer. So I worked on my acting and gradually developed a singing voice.
Liza MinnelliInitially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.
Liza MinnelliShe (Judy Garland) was a friend of mine, a trying friend, but a friend. That is what I tell myself: She did everything she ever wanted to do. She never really denied herself anything for me. See, I say, she had a wonderful life; she did what she wanted to do. And I have no right to change her fulfillment into my misery. I'm on my own broom now.
Liza MinnelliIt's a waste of time to think about what I should have done and what I didn't. I really believe in that. That's how I react to the if-onlys of life. To moan and groan about something I shouldn't have done, could have done, might have done...who knows? It is what it is. You got what you got. I live my life one day at a time.
Liza MinnelliI know that. I'm having a ball. I'm not slap happy. I'm just filled up with joy and with peace and with all kinds of things that have eluded me for quite a few years. And they're back and they're thriving.
Liza MinnelliWell, we have theatrical parties. It's not me singing. People like to get up and jam on the piano.
Liza MinnelliYou have to work hard for it, but first you have to want it, and then you have to dream on it.
Liza MinnelliI had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again.
Liza MinnelliI feel like I haven't done my best work yet. I feel like there's a world of possibilities out there.
Liza MinnelliDream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream.
Liza MinnelliI rely on regular chiropractic care to keep in shape for my strenuous type of acting and singing.
Liza MinnelliShe raised us with humor, and she raised us to understand that not everything was going to be great-but how to laugh through it.
Liza MinnelliIf we had a hard time, my mother would sit me down and we would talk about it, and she kept talking and kept processing until we started to laugh about it.
Liza MinnelliThe director, of course, was Bob Fosse. But again, I worked with my father to prepare for the role.
Liza MinnelliMaybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for — in other words, cheered on — by people who feel different.
Liza Minnelli(on Marilyn Monroe) I was walking down Broadway with her and nobody was stopping us. She was going to (Stella Adler's) actors' studio, and she was taking me to show me what it was all about. And I said to her: "How come nobody is taking your picture?" She said: "Well, watch." She took her scarf off, straightened her shoulders, and draped something another way, and we were surrounded. It must have been 400 people. And I said: "Now I know why!"
Liza MinnelliMy family's been in show business since the 1700s. I traced them. I'm bred to this. Like a racehorse. A thoroughbred. Look at my parents, my God. But it was my curiosity that made me do this. Because you could also say: "Look at Frank Sinatra Jr." It's not like a natural thing that happens. You gotta work.
Liza Minnelli(in the film "That's Entertainment!" - 1974) Thank God for film, it can capture a moment and hold it there forever. If anyone ever asks you: "Who were they?" or "What made them so good?" I think a reel of film answers that question.
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