Frasi di Mary Martin

Mary Martin, nata Mary Virginia Martin, , è stata un'attrice, cantante e ballerina statunitense.

Considerata una delle più grandi stelle della storia di Broadway, è stata la prima attrice ad interpretare Nellie Forbush in South Pacific e Maria in The Sound of Music. Era la madre dell'attore Larry Hagman. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. Dicembre 1913 – 3. Novembre 1990
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“I do remember that I never wanted to go to bed, to go to sleep, for fear I’d miss something.”

Origine: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 20
Contesto: Never, never, never can I say I had a frustrating childhood. It was all joy. Mother used to say she never had seen such a happy child — that I awakened each morning with a smile. I don’t remember that, but I do remember that I never wanted to go to bed, to go to sleep, for fear I’d miss something.

“I can't tell you the joy I felt in flying in that show … I loved it so.”

As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183
Contesto: I can't tell you the joy I felt in flying in that show … I loved it so. The freedom of spirit that was Peter Pan was suddenly there for me. I discovered I was happier in the air than on the ground.

“Even as a baby I quickly learned to crawl out of my crib. … They'd put up barriers but I learned how to go over them.”

As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 6

“Anything was better than playing cards, and I was doing something I wanted to do — creating.”

On becoming a dance teacher, and creating her own moves, p.  44
My Heart Belongs (1976)

“Peter Pan is perhaps the most important thing, to me, that I have ever done in theater.”

As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 180

“Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.”

As quoted in Right Time, Right Place, Right Move, Right Now! (1992) by Perry W. Buffington, Section I : Life

“Things can get very lovey and feasty with a bunch of stimulated hams.”

Origine: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 268

“Neverland is the way I would like real life to be … timeless, free, mischievous, filled with gaiety, tenderness, and magic.”

As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183

“You are my Peter Pan.”

To Sandy Duncan, who had told her "You're the only Peter Pan I'll ever know" in a meeting after a Duncan's performance in the role, as quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183

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