Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by June Allyson

So, to prepare for the role, I had to take music lessons, talk to wives who had husbands overseas, and carefully study the reactions and mannerisms of a friend who was expecting.

For the first time in my life I feel important. I'd like to have five babies.

It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played.

I was at a luncheon; and some cameras were trained on us. I don't know whether they were for television or not. You know how little I know about cameras.

I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies.

The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold.

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert.

The role of Barbara, in Music for Millions, was literally a tonic for me.

I'm not a career woman.

I don't like to fight.

In real life I'm a poor dressmaker and a terrible cook, anything in fact but the perfect wife.

I always wanted to be a movie star. I thought it meant being famous and having breakfast in bed. I didn't know you had to be up at 4:00 a.m.

[On Ronald Reagan:] Jane Wyman seemed more upset with her husband's obsession with politics than I. I tried to make her laugh. 'He'll outgrow it,' I told her. To her it wasn't funny.

I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies

For the first time in my life I feel important. I'd like to have five babies

The role of Barbara, in Music for Millions, was literally a tonic for me

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert

I lisp. My eyes disappear when I smile. My voice is funny. I don't sing like Judy Garland. I don't dance like Cyd Charisse. But women identify with me. And while men desire Cyd Charisse, they'd take me home to meet Mom.

The only parental authority I had was the studio. When I was a star, there was always somebody with me, to guard me. I was not allowed to be photographed with a cigarette, a drink, a cup of coffee or even a glass of water because someone might think it was liquor. When I left the studio I was already married and had two children, but I felt as sad as a child leaving home for the first time.