Donna Mills famous quotes

04-17-2025

I was seventeen and the star of my high school play. I was supposed to kiss my leading man, but I couldn't stand the guy. I really didn't want to kiss him. All during rehearsals, I refused to kiss him. Then my drama teacher told me, "If you don't kiss him on opening night, you'll flunk drama class. So I kissed him, and that was my first kiss.
-- Donna Mills

#Teacher #Stars #Drama
I'm back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever.
-- Donna Mills

#Loving Life #Used
I was tired of playing the goodie-two-shoes.
-- Donna Mills

#Tired #Shoes #Two
I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.
-- Donna Mills

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

#Thinking #Way #Wanted
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

#Hate #Makeup #Careers
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

#Dark #Color #Seductive
I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.
-- Donna Mills

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

#Roles #Knots #Shows
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

#Character #Cutting #People
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

#Daughter #Mother #Age
One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes.
-- Donna Mills

#Littles #Foxes #My Favorite
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 #Lenses #Gears
I feel more comfortable in front of a camera than anywhere else.
-- Donna Mills

#Cameras #Feels
I also loved musicals because I was a dancer.
-- Donna Mills

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

#Shows #Heels
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

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

#Moving #Messages #Arthritis
We cannot stand by and allow the future of our country to be undermined by the reality of American children going hungry! Please join in to help the 12 million children who are malnourished in our country.
-- Donna Mills

#Country #Children #Reality
I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.
-- Donna Mills

#Religious #Catholic #My Family

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