"Marriage is the hardest work you're ever going to do."

"I strive to get what I want and people have said that I'm a monster in that department. But that's always said about us ladies who grasp for our own strength."

"One of my ambitions used to be to throw a great screaming temper tantrum. I can't see myself actually doing it, but I have fantasized it."

"I came from a long line of below-stairs maids and gardeners-- good old peasant stock."

"In the long run it is a person's body of work that matters. If it is honest, with an integrity about it, and people sense a love of work in it, those are the things that last and that one is remembered for, possibly."

"I'm not Mary Poppins any more, not that I ever was."

"In the old days people used to tell me their daughter loved Mary Poppins, or the Sound of Music. Now when people's children approach me it's to tell me I'm their grandmother's favorite actress. When it's my "grandmother loves you" ... then I know I'm in trouble."

"I have made some terrible mistakes in the past, but whether I have done wrong or right I've carried on."

"Endurance is absent among many performers today, I think it's an attribute we should all strive to attain."

"I think my Englishness or something intimidates people."

"Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth."

"Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."

"All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time."

"I'm so lucky and feel so blessed in my life. I'm most proud of my family."

"In Hollywood, even a short marriage is a commendable achievement."

"I didn't have a fairy godmother who waved some wand and instantly transformed me. It was a great deal of hard work."

"As a child, I had buck teeth, a wonky eye and bandy legs. I was the most awkward, gawky thing well into my teens and I have the photos to prove it."

"Singing has never been particularly easy for me."

"Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it."