I was trying to work, but I noticed that people, if they had any inkling of the idea that I was sick or had MS... people shunned me. No work after that.
From Teri Garr
There are several drugs out right now that can't stop multiple sclerosis, but they can slow it way down. They also made me puff up like a balloon. So I looked horrible. I hated that.
My next book's title is going to be, 'I Have One Foot in the Grave and Another on a Banana Peel.'
What's worse in Hollywood, being handicapped or being a woman over 50?
I didn't tell people because I didn't want pity, and I was afraid I wouldn't get work. But others with MS need to know they are not alone. We don't have to be victims.
If you get your foot in the door doing one kind of part, that's the kind of role they call you for. I can't say I resent it - then I would resent my whole career.
Joan Collins was the best. She really could sort of pull it off, be really outrageous and never even flinch.
There's people doing whatever the hell they want and getting away with it.
My father died when I was 11. He was a vaudeville comedian. He worked in one movie, 'Ladies of the Chorus,' as Marilyn Monroe's father.
My mother was a Rockette at Radio City.
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