[on Liza Minnelli] She`s a great trooper, Liza, I wish I had her talent. If anybody`s going to take over from me, it`s her. She`s got a mind like a trip hammer and huge vitality. She`s great.
Lucille Ball
[on working with Liza Minnelli on "The Sterile Cuckoo"] One of the happiest times in my life was during "The Sterile Cuckoo," mostly because of Liza. I`ve never seen anybody get more joy out of working and it`s contagious.
Alan J. Pakula
I would have loved to have been a `40s studio director like Vincente Minnelli. You ended up with a real diverse career. Now you don`t get a call from Darryl Zanuck saying, `Come do this movie on Monday.` So you have to do it on your own.
Richard Linklater
[on working with Liza Minnelli on "New York, New York"] After 15 minutes I realized that not only could she sing she could be one hell of an actress. She`s so malleable and inventive. And fun, even when things are hard.
Martin Scorsese
I`m taking singing lessons,and plan to put on a one-woman show to be the new Shirley MacLaine or Liza Minnelli. Singing. Dancing. I love it. Okay I`m not the best singer, and I`m not the best dancer, but I can still put on a show, right? I`m so scared, an...
Jamie Luner
[on Liza Minnelli] I love Liza. She is so original. People speak of her in terms of her mother, but she is herself, very definitely. A good, strong, unique person.
Myrna Loy
[1972 comment on Liza Minnelli] I`m annoyed when people keep comparing her to her mother [Judy Garland]. She`s nothing to do with her mother. She`s a completely different woman. The film "Cabaret" is a great hit for her and that`s all one wants.
Marlene Dietrich
[on Liza Minnelli] She`s a great trooper, Liza, I wish I had her talent. If anybody`s going to take over from me, it`s her. She`s got a mind like a trip hammer and huge vitality. She`s great.
Lucille Ball
