Carol Burnett

I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.

Carol Burnett

I think the reason I was successful is that I was never cynical.

Carol Burnett

I think we’re here for each other.

Carol Burnett

I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy.

Carol Burnett

I was raised going to the movies with my grandmother as a kid. And then I’d come home, and my best friend and I would act out the films that we saw.

Carol Burnett

I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me.

Carol Burnett

I’m not a person who likes to confront.

Carol Burnett

I’m not always optimistic. You wouldn’t have all cylinders cooking if you were always like Mary Poppins.

Carol Burnett

I’m really not that funny in real life! But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh.

Carol Burnett

I’m so happy with what has happened in my life.

Carol Burnett