I kind of like the position of being the... by Patty Duke | We Heart Quotes

Being actress Television Mother screenwriter

I kind of like the position of being the fair-haired savior of my mother.

- Patty Duke

Other quotes by Patty Duke

Words Time Life

Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.

- Patty Duke

Family Now Life

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.

- Patty Duke

Death

The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death.

- Patty Duke

Ability

We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.

- Patty Duke

Doctors Talking

The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an actress. It was very dramatic to me. To him, it was just a thing he had to say.

- Patty Duke

Crime Business Being

I'm going to be 58, and I'm a woman. In this business, that seems to be a bigger crime than being mentally ill.

- Patty Duke

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