Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Anne Meara

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Anne Meara.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Anne Meara Stiller was an American actress and comedian. Along with her husband Jerry Stiller, she was one-half of the prominent 1960s comedy team Stiller and Meara. Their son is actor, director, and producer Ben Stiller. She was also featured on stage and television and in numerous films and later became a playwright. During her career, Meara was nominated for four Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, and she won a Writers Guild Award as a co-writer for the television movie The Other Woman.

American - Actress | September 20, 1929 - May 23, 2015

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One time I laughed so hard, I just had to go and change my pantyhose. I lost it. Lost it. At least it wasn't onstage.

Anne Meara

People never know what's going on while it's happening. You think, during the Renaissance, people called it 'The Renaissance'?

Anne Meara

Families interest me - I'm part of one; most of us come from one. And I'm curious about the choices made in life, how they affect things, and how those choices happen.

Anne Meara

I was a dedicated, boring student. The last thing I wanted was to be a comedienne.

Anne Meara

I love documentaries and the computer. I am a little addicted to the computer, and that relaxes me. I find information, I shop, and I look up people I worked with to find out if they're dead or alive.

Anne Meara

I would never presume to give anyone advice.

Anne Meara

My mother loved movies, and I loved movies like she loved movies. So I wanted to do that. I'd send away for movie magazines - the old thing of everybody wanting to be a star or whatever.

Anne Meara

I don't drink liquor, but I do like chocolate ice cream soda.

Anne Meara

I started to respect older actors when I was young and then contemporary actors later on. Then I learned respect for comedy. When I was first doing theatre, I thought of it as just a means to become Sarah Bernhardt or someone like that. But acting with young people has been a great learning experience.

Anne Meara

Growing up, I loved drama and fantasies. I hated the Marx Brothers. I took all that confusion seriously.

Anne Meara

If you can't hurt the other person at least once a day, then you've got no relationship.

Anne Meara

Was it love at first sight? It wasn't then - but it sure is now.

Anne Meara