Penny Marshall quotes:

I have a good support system of friends and family.

It's better for me to go up against someone's passion with my passion and then clarifying something that he wrote. Then I know how to work around certain things.

My family is well, and that's what's important.

I'm not someone who has had to deal with much personal drama outside of the usual: growing up with parents who hated each other, two marriages and divorces of my own. There was the cancer thing, too.

We all used to collect baseball cards that came with bubble gum. You could never get the smell of gum off your cards, but you kept your Yankees cards pristine.

I don't mind if somebody texts me but I'm not a big texter, the things are too small. I don't mind if they text, '7 o'clock,' that's fine, that's logistics but, 'What's up?' Get real! Pick up a phone!

I was born and raised in the Bronx and my grandfather and my brother Garry were huge Yankees fans. One of my first memories is of them listening to a game on the radio and screaming at the radio. My brother would cry when they lost, and when I was really little, I didn't know why he was crying.

In my opinion, life is more important than show business.

I have season tickets to the Lakers and the Clippers.

I wasn't like a girly girl. I was a tomboy.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

I like arts and crafts.

I have a grandson who is 20. He's a computer guy. I'm worried that he can't communicate without his machine. They have no personal contact with people. That's the bad part of technology.

I do talk like a truck driver sometimes, or I curse. What can I say?

My brother and sister were much older. They were planned. I was not planned for. I was called the mistake, amongst other things.

I would much rather feel comfortable and feel beautiful, than to feel uncomfortable, but look fantastic.

I'm very happy to watch a video at home with a friend rather than do dinner.

I've directed seven movies and know a thing or two about dealing with unexpected crises.

I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball.

You had to learn at a certain age what sarcasm is, you know?

The truth is that I am not a frump... I just enjoy being laid back.

I don't startle easily.

I do feel it's important to entertain people. I try to.

I have a strange combination of fearlessness and massive insecurity.

Once I commit to something, I complete it. If I say 'no,' I mean 'no.' I just have to learn how to say 'no' more.

You need to see what the actor needs. This one wants to be talked to privately. That one doesn't mind if you block it for them. Just tell me the truth and I'll adapt to it.

I'm not the most positive person.

I don't know one lens from another. That's not my job. It's the cinematographer's job. But I can talk to people.

Do whatever you can that doesn't compromise your morals.

I think directors should at least take acting lessons to see what's going on. And I think all actors should direct to see what a director has to go through.

Movie stars are insecure like everyone else. Thats why they go into acting!

My family is well, and thats whats important.

My mother was pretty nuts, but she was also a character.

Next to sex my favorite thing is laughing - it's part of sex. Make me laugh - I'll love you.

People who text a lot are not my favorite thing.