Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

I never danced a step in my life so naturally. My first motion picture was a musical, and Bob Fosse was the choreographer. I didn't exactly dance for Fosse, I just did the best that I could to do what he taught us to do. ”

We're very lucky people, doing something that we really love to do. I feel privileged to have been an actor all my life. ”

I've titled this book 'Eighty Is Not Enough' not just for the obvious play on words, but as a way of expressing the single idea that has governed my entire life, that every moment of life is precious, that every step we take is an adventure, that every day on earth is a gift from God. ”

I've had a great life. It was exciting. I worked with the most interesting people, and I traveled all over the country. ”

I found out retirement means playing golf, or I don't know what the hell it means. But to me, retirement means doing what you have fun doing. ”

I'm always announcing my retirement. I'm still not retired. ”

I wrote a little autobiography about how luck has to do with everything. It's called 'My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business.' A publisher came to me and said, 'Write a book,' so I did. I wanted to call it 'Everybody Else Has Got a Book.' ”

The Horny Toad in Cave Creek has great food. When I'm in Arizona, I have at least one meal there. I have a daughter who lives out there, and Dee Dee Wood, who was the choreographer on 'Mary Poppins,' lives out there. I still get out there once in a while, but not in the summer. ”

My life has been a magnificent indulgence. ”

Unfortunately, the spouses of performers have a terrible, terrible life. They get shunted aside, pushed aside, ignored. ”