Mary Martin Quotes
Sometimes I think that I cheated my own family and my closest friends by giving to audiences so much of the love I might have kept for them. But that’s the way I was made; I truly don't think I could help it
Topics
Thinking
Giving
Might
Self-Doubt
Artistic Devotion
Creative Obligation
Emotional Balance
Emotional Capacity
Emotional Conflict
Emotional Cost
Emotional Investment
Internal Struggle
Personal Sacrifice
Prioritizing Relationships
Sacrificial Love
Self-Reflection
Selfless Giving
Undivided Love
emotional sharing
Family Compromise
Citations
Martin, Mary. My Heart Belongs. William Morrow and Company, 1976.
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Mary Virginia Martin was an American actress, singer, and Broadway star. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles over her career including Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949), Peter Pan in Peter Pan and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1959). She was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989. She was the mother of actor Larry Hagman.