Julie Andrews Quotes

British actress, singer and author (born 1935)

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Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews, DBE, (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English film and stage actress, singer, and author. She rose to prominence starring in musicals such as My Fair Lady and Camelot, both of which earned her Tony Award nominations. In 1957, she appeared on television in the title role of the musical Cinderella, which was seen by over 100 million viewers. She made her feature film debut in Mary Poppins (1964), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received her second Academy Award nomination for The Sound of Music (1965), and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical. In addition to an Academy Award, she has won a BAFTA, five Golden Globes, three Grammys, two Emmys, the Disney Legend honor and the Kennedy Center Honors.

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Pen Names: Julie Edwards

Birth Name: Julia Elizabeth Wells

Also Known As: Dame Julie Andrews

Alternative Names: Dame Julie Elizabeth Andrews • Julie Elizabeth Andrews

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Success is failing nineteen times and soaring the twentieth.

As you become older, you become less judgmental and take offense less. But marriage is hard work; the illusion that you get married and live happily ever after is absolute rubbish.

Perserverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th time.

I've learned things about myself through singing. I used to have a certain dislike of the audience, not as individual people, but as a giant body who was judging me. Of course, it wasn't really them judging me. It was me judging me. Once I got past that fear, it freed me up, not just when I was performing but in other parts of my life.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

I strive to get what I want and people have always said I am a monster in that department, but that is always said about us ladies who grasp for our own strength.

Once in a while I experience an emotion onstage that is so gut-wrenching, so heart-stopping, that I could weep with gratitude and joy. The feeling catches and magnifies so rapidly that it threatens to engulf me.

Learn to listen when people are talking. First, it's a great art, and second, it's quite possible that when people say one thing they mean another.

November came roaring in with gusty winds and more wet weather. Mandy's depression would not go away. Her garden seemed sad, too. It was virtually empty now, and the few brave flowers that remained there were flattened by rain, their yellows stalks sprawling in all directions. Most of the trees were bare, and the woods had a wet carpet of leaves.

There is only one possible road you can take,' he said, 'and that is t go by way of your imagination.

Not everyone believes that I'm a fairy princess, but the sparkle I feel inside tells me that it's true.

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

Life is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius.