Words matter. These are the best Susan Lucci Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I occasionally buy a bikini, but I’m too shy to wear it.
My father was an ironworker who eventually co-founded a construction business. My mother, Jeanette, was a stay-at-home mom who had been an operating-room nurse until my older brother, Jimmy, was born.
The ‘All My Children’ studio was near Lincoln Center, and I used to see all the ballerinas and the dancers, and I thought, I don’t want to bulk up; I want to have long, lean, toned muscles. And I found out that through Pilates, you can achieve those strong, lean dancer muscles.
I love spaghetti and meatballs… I eat a lot.
Life goes on, and I’m moving on to the next thing, but I hope the soaps that are still running will thrive. They have millions of loyal viewers.
I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn’t know how tough the business is.
For most of my adult life, I drove through Central Park every morning going to work.
I married somebody who is very secure. He’s been in my corner from the time we met, and we grew in this together.
Overcoming my shyness has been a lifelong struggle.
If your skin looks okay today, and you take care of it, there’s a good chance it’s going to look good tomorrow.
I am the luckiest actress on the planet.
With ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ they miraculously send your dance teacher with you wherever you need to be.
I was very lucky both of my parents had really nice skin.
I married young. I had an instinct that this man was going to really wear well, and he has. For me, this is what worked. I always admired Helmut because he was, A, very smart, B, very sure of himself and very, very funny, and so that combination of things.
I live in my activewear.
I drink hot water and lemon – after two cups of the coffee in the morning.
When someone has that combination of arrogance and ignorance – that drives me crazy.
You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness.
I was a shy little girl. Growing up, I was often content being alone in my room, making up stories, and acting out all the parts. I became so good at it that, with the door closed, my parents thought I had friends over.
I do crunches to keep those abs going strong and flat. I’m not a sedentary person.
Before I was working out, if somebody told me that I would actually choose fruit over french fries, I would never believe them.
My grandsons really love my apple cake, which is from my grandmother’s recipe.
You don’t have to get doughty or, suddenly, because you have a new label on you, ‘Oh, I’m 50, so therefore, I have to be a certain thing.’ Follow your heart and look at your rear view as well as your front view!
I think we all cheer for couples who just seem right together and go the distance.
I started doing Pilates when I was in my mid-40s. I thought it was called ‘pie-lattes’ because I didn’t hear anyone talk about it; I just read about it.
I was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award 19 times before I won. The first nine years, I heard someone else’s name called; after that – I think it was a protective thing – I didn’t hear whose name was called, but nobody was making eye contact with me, so I knew that it wasn’t mine.
The sense of acting being teamwork was a mentality that I took from school: I studied with wonderful people, and I wanted them to be proud of me.
My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father’s Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They’re both first-generation Americans.
I eat very clean, not in an exaggerated way.
I use Neutrogena makeup off wipes to take the first layer of makeup off.