Top 37 Quotes by Nell Carter

I had to want to lose weight myself.

I always look forward to getting back East. I miss the cold weather and the Jewish delis.

Rich means you have to stay there to maintain it.

I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.

You have to put on more faces to pretend who you are.

I think that anyone who denies their heritage doesn't deserve their destiny. My grandmother was a maid. She put nine children - eight of them - through college; I did not finish college.

No matter what part of the business you want to be in, live performances are the most thrilling.

I think when you're happy, emotions are right near the top - mine definitely are. I cry easily, I laugh easily, I lose my temper easily... and I beg for forgiveness easily.

New York is a good city for not having to get fat.

I think music and laughter are the two things that can keep you alive. Someone who is really depressed, tell them a joke, and they may come out of it for even just a moment. Or play them something.