Linda Lavin Quotes

Linda Lavin — American Actress born on October 15, 1937,

Linda Lavin is an American singer and actress. She is known for playing the title character in the sitcom Alice and for her stage performances, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway... (wikipedia)

We do a lot of shows for young people who have probably never been to the theater before and they are learning about the Holocaust, which unhappily, many of them do not know about.

My mother gave me singing lessons; that was totally painful, because I couldn't do what she wanted to hear. She used to say: there's more there, there's more voice but I just didn't want to give it to her.

So I majored in Drama, did all the plays that were possible to do, skated through school in order to be in every production on stage or backstage in whatever capacity and I came to New York looking for work in the summers.

I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her.

It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved.

Linda Lavin Quotes

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