Marcia Wallace Quotes

• You know, this is a business where only 15% make a living wage and only 9% of those are women. But I figured somebody has to be that 15%, somebody’s got to be one of those women.

  Marcia Wallace

• There is no such thing as an unreasonable question, or a silly question, or a frivolous question, or a waste-of-time question. It’s your life, and you’ve got to get these answers.

  Marcia Wallace

• I’m sure it really is hard to be an oncologist, and actually, more and more people are surviving cancer.

  Marcia Wallace

• I’m in awe of people out there who deal with Alzheimer’s, because they have to deal with death 10 times over, year after year.

  Marcia Wallace

• I went to these mixers, you know, where you’re supposed to meet people. And sure enough, some guy asked me for my phone number. but at the end of the evening he gave it back.

  Marcia Wallace

• I think illness is a family journey, no matter what the outcome. Everybody has to be allowed to process it and mourn and deal with it in their own way.

  Marcia Wallace

• I have a deep conviction that our lives are eternal, that it is waking and sleeping, that we are born together with the people we love lifetime after lifetime.

  Marcia Wallace

• I don’t know what religious people do. I kind of wished I’d been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma.

  Marcia Wallace

• I asked for help, which is the hardest thing in the world.

  Marcia Wallace

• Eve Ensler is a hero of mine. She’s been working for the rights of women for a long time.

  Marcia Wallace

• Be good to yourself. Listen to your body, to your heart. We’re very hard on ourselves, and we’re always feeling like we’re not doing enough. It’s a terribly hard job.

  Marcia Wallace

Marcia Wallace (11)

Birth:	1st November, 1942
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Marcia Karen Wallace was an American actress, voice artist, comedian, and game show panelist, primarily known for her roles in television situation comedies. She is perhaps best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s sitcom The Bob Newhart Show, and as the voice of elementary school teacher Edna Krabappel on the animated series The Simpsons, for which she won an Emmy in 1992.

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