Michael Learned Quotes

Michael Learned — American Actress born on April 09, 1939,

Michael Learned is an American actress, best known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series, The Waltons. She has won a record four Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; three for The Waltons, and one for Nurse... (wikipedia)

I don't mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, it's pretty straightforward. If you say, 'I love you,' you mean 'I love you.' There isn't time for anything more.

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the 'compassionate mother' or whatever.

When I was a girl, my grandmother would take me during the holidays to see the windows at Saks and Rockefeller Center.

I never had a driving ambition to be a star.