Liza Minnelli Quotes

But my brother Joey was there, and my sister Tina Nina Minnelli was there.

I have two false hips, a wired-up right knee, two crushed discs and scoliosis. If I don't dance, I seize up.

I've got a good life, and I don't think anything can rock that anymore.

The director, of course, was Bob Fosse. But again, I worked with my father to prepare for the role.

Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star.

I've decided that I am totally against jewelry. So I have all fake. There's no reason to have real diamonds. People think it's real anyway.

Never 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.

Bleeding feet will bond us.

Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.

Audiences are the same all over the world, and if you entertain them, they'll respond.

The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.

I'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.

First I wanted to be an ice skater, and then I saw 'Bye, Bye Birdie,' and everything changed. I'm glad I learned through the process of theater.

Anything is possible in this world. I really believe that.

You don't know how to handle anything today, because you have to go to jail to get some press or fall down drunk.

Well, we have theatrical parties. It's not me singing. People like to get up and jam on the piano.

I had the drink after I fell out of bed. It hurt.

I rely on regular chiropractic care to keep in shape for my strenuous type of acting and singing.

I 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.

I feel like I haven't done my best work yet.

She raised us with humor, and she raised us to understand that not everything was going to be great-but how to laugh through it.

What good is sitting all alone in your room?

I came out of the womb looking for the camera angle

Initially, 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.

But God really did bless me, you know? He really said, All right. Come on. I'm still waiting for you. Get over here. Get over here.

I don't sing as well as my mother. I'm a good actress. I'm not that good a singer.

So I would dance and she would sing, and it was kind of a family thing. Performing was part of our world.

I feel like there's a world of possibilities out there.

My mother gave me my drive but my father gave me my dreams.

What I'm saying is that I tried very hard to give them my reality and my reality is kind of interesting.

I walk fast. Keep moving. Always be a moving target. Marilyn Monroe taught me that.

I believe all drunks go to heaven, because they've been through hell on Earth.

Reality is something you rise above.

No, I'm a theatrical, live performer or a movie performer.

I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault.

You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.

Ben Vereen is going to be on the show with me, too.

In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, 'Did he leave a will?' but 'Did he leave a diary?'

There are so many girls, and so few princes.

You have to work hard for it, but first you have to want it, and then you have to dream on it.

My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer.

I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it.

Maybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for - in other words, cheered on - by people who feel different.

I was given an enormous amount of love by my parents.

But I don't think there's any reason to get married again, especially after what I've been through.

I am deeply saddened by the death of my dear friend, Dudley Moore.

No, I mean, I most certainly date and go out.

I'm fine, and my hips are fine. My false knee is fine. My false hips are fine. Everything's cooking.

I love finding talent. Just to encourage people is a good thing. Every night, the audience encourages me. I'm just passing it on.

Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that.

To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face.

I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.

I think that's the greatest gift one can have: point of view. You know? I've come to believe that if you have a bad memory of something, change it.