Donna Mills Quotes

I'm back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever.
Donna Mills

Life, Everything, Used

Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted.
Donna Mills

Wanted, She, Hara

If there is anything I would do differently in my life, it is that I would study business more. I'm trying to teach my daughter Chloe at an early age about investing and money so she's not afraid of it.
Donna Mills

Life, Age, Money

My message is - keep moving. If you do, you'll keep arthritis at bay.
Donna Mills

Moving, Keep, Message

A lot of actors just do whatever they do, and wherever the camera is, it is. They don't pay much attention, but I always did. I was always very close to the camera crew. They were my best buddies, no matter what movie or show I was doing.
Donna Mills

Best, Matter, Whatever

Early on in my career, I'd go into the makeup trailer, and they'd spend an hour doing my makeup, and I would hate it. I'd go into the bathroom, wash it off and start over again, which took an enormous amount of time. So I just started doing it myself.
Donna Mills

Time, Hate, Career

Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter.
Donna Mills

Happy, Important, Dark

I also loved musicals because I was a dancer.
Donna Mills

Loved, Dancer, Musicals

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.
Donna Mills

Wanted, Against, Hat

I always wanted to know what lens they were on, how close they were. I didn't do it with a plan in mind, but I would instinctively gear what I was doing toward what lenses they were using.
Donna Mills

Mind, Wanted, Plan

I always wore the highest heels possible, because the other women on the show were tall.
Donna Mills

Women, Show, Possible

I feel more comfortable in front of a camera than anywhere else.
Donna Mills

Else, Camera, Front

I found through my fan mail that women... really wanted a role model.
Donna Mills

Women, Through, Wanted

I kept bugging them about making it more upscale, because I felt Abby, through her cleverness and business sense, was a character who would move up. And that's what she did.
Donna Mills

Business, Character, Through

I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.
Donna Mills

Important, Lost, Thought

I was always cutting dialogue out when we were rehearsing, and when I produced movies, too. I felt that people don't say things in life - they act, they do things. I always wanted my characters doing, rather than saying what they were doing - which was redundant.
Donna Mills

Life, Movies, Saying

I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.
Donna Mills

Family, Religious, Catholic

I was tired of playing the goodie-two-shoes.
Donna Mills

My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years.
Donna Mills

Work, Business, Father

One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes.
Donna Mills

Movies, Favorite, Foxes

Rita Hayworth in Gilda... there's not a shot of her in that movie that isn't gorgeous.
Donna Mills

Her, Movie, Shot

The lighting is so important. One thing that makes me nuts about the lighting now is that they spend an enormous amount of time lighting the set, the background. But the most important thing in the scene is the actor.
Donna Mills

Time, Important, Makes

There were episodes where I would wear seven or eight outfits. It took a lot of time to get those together. What the character wears is very essential to how I create the character.
Donna Mills

Time, Character, Together

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!
Donna Mills

Thought, Show, Role

You really have to love the work. You can't look for stardom. That's a by-product.
Donna Mills

Love, Work, Stardom

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Nationality: American

Born: December 11, 1942

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