Shirley Jones

“I never took a dramatic lesson in my life. I just did it.”

“I have to say that I've always been a very positive person.”

“I was fortunate in that I was a singer with a big voice. I wasn't a soprano, I was a mezzo-soprano. And my voice was very, very big.”

“Any actress who appears in a musical should be able to sing.”

“Winning the Oscar was the most important thing in my career. I'm very proud of that.”

“I'm a survivor. I'm a fighter.”

“I wanted to be a veterinarian, but I was terrified of blood.”

“I always felt that The Partridge Family was a musical comedy. We were not trying to be the Beatles.”

“Rodgers and Hammerstein were my mentors. They were my teachers.”

“I'd like to do a character that's really, really different from me.”

“When you're a singer, you have to have a good ear.”

“I've always been a morning person.”

“You learn from your mistakes. That's what I've always said.”