Mary Tyler Moore

I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me.

— Mary Tyler Moore

Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

— Mary Tyler Moore

My grandfather once said, having watched me one entire afternoon, prancing and leaping and cavorting, "this child will either end up on stage or in jail." Fortunately, I took the easy route.

— Mary Tyler Moore

I knew at a very early age what I wanted to do. Some people refer to it as indulging in my instincts and artistic bent. I call it just showing off, which was what I did from about three years of age on.

— Mary Tyler Moore

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

— Mary Tyler Moore

It may take a while, but there will probably come a time when we look back and say, "Good Lord, do you believe that in the twentieth century and early part of the twenty-first, people were still eating animals?"

— Mary Tyler Moore

Whatever it is, it’s OK because it’s what it is. Don’t be looking for perfection. Don’t be short-tempered with yourself. And you’ll be a whole lot nicer to be around with everyone else.

— Mary Tyler Moore

I just like the continue doing what I've been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn't hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I'll be a very happy person.

— Mary Tyler Moore

You truly have to make the very best of what you've got. We all do.

— Mary Tyler Moore

I just like the continue doing what I've been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn't hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I'll be a very happy person.

— Mary Tyler Moore

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

— Mary Tyler Moore