"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."
"All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time."
"Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing."
"Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands."
"I am an optimistic lady."
"I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well."
"I hate the word wholesome."
"I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely."
"I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career."
"I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it."
"I would be a fool to deny my own abilities."
"I've got a good right hook."
"If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing."
"On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter."
"The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same."
"I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it."
"I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on."
"I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me."
"I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect."
"Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it."
"Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th."
"I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like."
"Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it."
"I don't want to be thought of as wholesome."
"Singing has never been particularly easy for me."
