Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Michael Learned

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Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Michael Learned is an American actress, known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons (1972–1981). She has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series four times, which is tied for the record of most wins with Tyne Daly. Three of the wins were for The Waltons, while the other was for Nurse (1982).

American - Actress | Born: April 9, 1939

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

Michael Learned

I got married very young and put my career on the back burner for the most part because that's what you did in those days. I've never been a pushy, ambitious type of person anyway.

Michael Learned

All of us from 'The Waltons' still love each other. I think we're closer than some real families.

Michael Learned

Nobody can understand the pressures of doing an hour-long TV show unless you've done one. Even when you're not on call, you still are working, learning lines, doing appearances, just tense.

Michael Learned

If you care about what you do, you don't want to let people down.

Michael Learned

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.

Michael Learned

I am not one of those actresses who loves acting.

Michael Learned

For a long time, I resisted seeing 'The Sound of Music,' but when I finally did, I cried.

Michael Learned

I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.

Michael Learned

As an actor, one of my greatest fears is losing my memory.

Michael Learned

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.

Michael Learned

I got married at 17, had three kids by the time I was 24, and have never had much time alone. I never had time to develop hobbies. Now, if I have nothing to do, I just find myself cleaning drawers incessantly.

Michael Learned

I never had a driving ambition to be a star.

Michael Learned

I'm grateful that I have a theater career because television isn't kind to you when you're over forty.

Michael Learned

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

Michael Learned

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

Michael Learned

For a long time, I resisted seeing The Sound of Music, but when I finally did, I cried.

Michael Learned

I dont mean to insult television, but a lot of the time, its pretty straightforward. If you say, I love you, you mean I love you. There isnt time for anything more.

Michael Learned

All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.

Michael Learned

Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Michael Learned

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