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• On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can’t see the person for all the clutter.

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• 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

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• Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I am an optimistic lady.

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• I hate the word wholesome.

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• I don’t think today’s younger audience… would even know what 1920s musicals were like.

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• 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.

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• I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

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• 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.

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• I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.

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• I’ve got a good right hook.

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• I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.

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• 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.

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• If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.

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• Sometimes I’m so sweet even I can’t stand it.

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• Richard Burton rang me up once and said, Do you know you’re my only leading lady I’ve never slept with? I said, Well, please don’t tell everybody, it’s the worst image.

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• The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same.

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Julie Andrews (39)

Birth:	1st October, 1935
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actress, Singer

About

Andrews is a former child actress and singer who appeared on the West End in 1948, and made her Broadway debut in a 1954 production of The Boy Friend, and 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 with the title role in Cinderella, which was seen by over 100 million viewers.

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