Penny Marshall > Quotes

“I am not much different now. I have never wanted to grow up and stop playing.”
― Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts

“Marky! Pull up your pants!”
― Penny Marshall

“Anyway, before leaving, I chatted with the Princess, who was as gorgeous as I remembered her in movies when she was Grace Kelly, the star from Philadelphia. When I asked if she missed acting, she smiled and said, “What do you think I’m doing now?”
― Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts

“I was learning that I didn’t have to have everything figured out. Often the point was to live and see what happened.”
― Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts

“Almost everyone had a theory about why Laverne & Shirley took off. I thought it was simply because Laverne and Shirley were poor and there were no poor people on TV, but there were plenty of them sitting at home and watching TV.”
― Penny Marshall

“It's hard to imagine a time when Saturday nights didn't include the phrase "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night." Saturday Night Live is such an institution that you can forget or may not know that tuning in at 11:30 p.m. was once an adventure into the unknown, a true television event.”
― Penny Marshall

“One night I'm at a basketball game, the next I'm being held up by armed ninjas. Shit happens.”
― Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts

“Perky is overrated.”
― Penny Marshall

“As a general rule, don’t work with people who are getting divorced. They’re thinking about other things.”
― Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts

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― Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts

“You want to know heaven? Walking home while eating the warm heels from a loaf of freshly baked seedless rye, sliced.”
― Penny Marshall

“The dressy event was a benefit for the Special Olympics, a favorite organization of mine. My first husband worked for the Special Olympics in Albuquerque, and I had once volunteered as a “hugger” at the finish line during one of his events.”
― Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts

“Those experiences taught me the lessons that came in handy later in my life: Try hard, play by the rules, help your friends, don’t get too crazy, and have fun.”
― Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts

“At the end of camp, my parents picked me up and we caught up during the long drive back to the Bronx. Everything was the same, my mother said, nothing was new, that is until I asked how my grandfather was doing. “Oh, he died,” my mother said. “Excuse me?” I said, shocked. “He died,” she said. “When?” I asked. “Around the beginning of the summer,” she said.”
― Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts

“Later that evening, Hunter Thompson kicked me. I had no idea who he was. He was in the kitchen, trying to smoke opium. I watched as he sucked the life out of what looked like a Tootsie Roll. It seemed like a lot of effort, almost funny—until he leapt up from the table and kicked me. “What the fuck is your story?” I said. He cursed me out with a string of colorful words that caused me to stop and stare even more intensely, not out of fear or anger but rather amazement at his vocabulary. That was when someone mentioned that he was the famous gonzo journalist and warned it was best not to rile him up any more because he carried a gun and didn’t hesitate to pull it out and start shooting.”
― Penny Marshall, My Mother Was Nuts