Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I feel it is time to lighten up and laugh about things and enjoy ourselves a little bit more.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

Life is much too serious to be taken seriously.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

Everyone has a crazy old lady in their family like 'Mama.' No one ever comes up to me and says 'Mama' is just like them, so no one is ever offended by her. Even young people like to laugh at her. I think she helps kids appreciate their own grandmothers more.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

People would get Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence all mushed together in their brains, and, bless their hearts, it would come out Carol Lawrence.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I went to UCLA, my dad's alma mater, and that was his dream.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I think for people that are dealing with this out there, the important thing to know is that this is real. It's called CIU, and there are solutions out there for you.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I hear from many a man around Halloween that's dressed up as Mama for Halloween. It's a great costume.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I really am a cockeyed optimist.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I went to Vietnam during the Vietnam War to visit all the troops. We would fly into a hospital and serve mess to the guys, and we ate whatever they were eating. Then we slept there and flew out the next day to little bases where there were maybe 10 or 20 guys. Then we flew to another hospital.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

Dick Clark and I had such a hysterical relationship with each other.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I had a hit talk show. I just wasn't working for the right people.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

'Mama's Family' was kind of like everyone's guilty pleasure.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I do love pasta. It gets me into trouble. If I could give up pasta and bread, I'd look like Cate Blanchett.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I feel like my life has been very serendipitous and really kind of humorous. Everything that's happened to me has been like an, 'Omigod, are you kidding me?'

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I don't get people baring their lives on television. Maybe it makes other people feel better about themselves. Is that what it is? You watch these people making total fools of themselves. It's like there's absolutely no privacy.

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

We all have somebody that sits down at the Thanksgiving table and says the most outrageous things, and you're doin' the dishes with your sister, and you're like, 'Omigod, can you believe she said that?'

Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence

I am no prude, but when I watch comedy, I ask myself, 'Who wrote this? A teenage boy in the locker room?'