Delta Burke Quotes

• I put the weight on after we were together. I put on about 20 pounds when we got married, and people were flipping their lids. And then I put on more after that, and I’ve gone up and down since then.

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• I rode fire trucks, slid down fire poles, wore a lot of red, and made a lot of appearances. I’ve always had a special place in my heart for fire fighters.

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• I think so much depends on how you are feeling mentally and emotionally. I try to keep my head on tight, and try to feel good, and just go out there and not be afraid.

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• I want to find a way to reach young women emotionally and also to start providing clothing for them so that they can wear the same things their thin friends can wear. I really want to do evening wear and prom dresses for these girls.

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• I wanted it so badly that there was no choice. It’s like something in your blood that you have to do.

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• I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to be a model.

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• I was supposed to go to drama school and then go to New York and do theatre. But I grew up on all those fabulous movies and had read all the bold Hollywood books, and I thought I just had to take a look.

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• I was surprised to find that I missed doing the musical.

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• I went through all my twenties thinking that I wasn’t good enough.

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• I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it’s not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment.

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• If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says: “I’m cheap!”

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• I’ll do humor about myself, I’ll poke fun and everything, but that’s me and I can do it to me. I think it’s cruel to do it to somebody else.

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• If you’re interested or like it, but could be just as happy living in a regular town, having a regular job, maybe doing little theatre, you’re better off and you’ll be a happier person. This is too gut-wrenching and heartbreaking.

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• In my teens or twenties I wanted to do Blanche. Now I’m over that. Those roles are not attracting me now. Which is odd, because that’s what most every actress would want to go do.

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• It’s tourists in New York. Everything is geared towards that. It’s so hard on Broadway now for them to get people in there. They have to compete with so many other entertainments, so they have to bring a star in which puts people there out of work.

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• One time we did have 300 acres in watermelons. That was fun.

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• Then a year would go by and I’d realize I love the acting too much and it is my identity and I don’t know how to be anything but an actress. It’s who and what I am, so I always come back.

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• You’re supposed to remember, and still forgive.

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Delta Burke (38)

Birth:	30th July, 1956
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Author, Comedian, Producer

About

Delta Ramona Leah Burke was born in Orlando, Florida. She is an American actress, comedian, producer and author. From 1986 to 1991, she starred as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She has produced and starred in made-for-TV movies, appeared in the film What Women Want and had a recurring guest role in the drama series Boston Legal. She made her Broadway debut in September 2003, when she starred as Mrs. Meers in the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie.

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