Cloris Leachman turns 90 on April 30! And there’s no chance that the Oscar and eight-time Primetime Emmy Award-winner who competed in Dancing with the Stars at 82 is slowing down. In fact, she stars with Ed Asner, Florence Henderson, Chris Atkins and Tracy Nelson in the new drama The Eleventh, which debuts May 5 on Feeln.
We honor Leachman’s birthday with some of our favorite quotes.
—”Since my childhood I have disliked rules and for the most part have avoided them.”
—“I make fun wherever I go. If I go to a restaurant by myself, rest assured, people will be talking about it. I always have a great deal of fun being with people. It’s part of the journey.”
—“…I knew I wouldn’t be the only one, and I knew I wasn’t his type.” (Why she rejected Marlon Brando who asked her out when they were in class together at the Actors Studio in the 1950s.)
—”Why can’t we build orphanages next to homes for the elderly? If someone were sitting in a rocker, it wouldn’t be long before a kid will be in his lap.”
—“I think husbands and wives should live in separate houses. If there’s enough money, the children should live in a third.”
—“When something is truly funny, it’s funny all the time.”
—”As we moved into the main course, it was as if a cosmic wind enveloped us. Some giant space magnet was pulling us together. We didn’t finish the meal. We went upstairs, flew into bed and made love. It was epic. And the next morning, Gene went back to his film and I went back to mine. I haven’t seen Gene since that night..” (Writing about Gene Hackman in her autobiography Cloris)
—“I’m having an amazing life and it isn’t over yet.”
See the trailer for The Eleventh below.
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