Donna McKechnie Quotes

I love seeing the stars, and I love being around my friends and family.

There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.

Happiness, for me, is a function of the number of people I love, and I think joy and happiness is directly related to how many people are in our lives and how deeply we are bonded with those people.

Parties are fun, but they don't create community.

I think that people can relate to family. There is a person that watches the show because they want to see what I am going to create. There is a person that watches the show because they want to see my family.

Football is good, but family, close friends, my brothers - I have family everywhere - is the most important thing.

There's a great need to convene at the table with family and friends. People are feeling it and wanting it. For me to be a minor player in helping with that, it makes me so happy.

I don't think about it. I have always been linked up with everybody.

In the theatre, as anyone knows who's even done amateur theatre all their lives, you immediately find a family there. Because you're under stress, you're trying to create something, you're putting on a show, you find brothers and sisters right away.

While it's nice to appreciate the fashion world... what makes you happy are real relationships and the moments you share with loved ones.

We were always surrounded by people who knew us very well and cared about us.

You can never have too many friends.

But my brother Joey was there, and my sister Tina Nina Minnelli was there.

The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community.

You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.

Part of growing up is realizing you learn to love so many people. It's about forming those relationships and finding what will last forever.

The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.

I am happy to have some friends here in the kitchen.

I looked in the audience. There were no strangers. Everybody was singing and cheering and hugging. That was a beautiful picture to look at.

I'm a fan of people getting together.

To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you're there. And you can have that anywhere.

I love bringing people together. I think that the environment is so important in terms of what kind of relationships you might be able to create, how people get to know each other.

I do get to have my normal childhood. I just love to get together with my friends and family and have a good time.

All I have are the people.

You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.