Annette Funicello Quotes

25 quotations by Annette Funicello

Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.

To some, the '50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable.

Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting.

The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.

The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.

The Lord has been with me throughout my life. He's never let me down.

Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters.

My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.

MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame.

Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock.

In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down.

In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart.

I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.

I was not prepared to live as a single parent.

I still don't know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.

I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.

I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.

Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.

For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.

Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.

As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.

Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.