Mary Virginia Martin was an American actress, singer, and Broadway star. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein's, she originated many leading roles over her career including Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music . She was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989. She was the mother of actor Larry Hagman.
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“I do remember that I never wanted to go to bed, to go to sleep, for fear I’d miss something.”
Source: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 20
Context: Never, never, never can I say I had a frustrating childhood. It was all joy. Mother used to say she never had seen such a happy child — that I awakened each morning with a smile. I don’t remember that, but I do remember that I never wanted to go to bed, to go to sleep, for fear I’d miss something.
On her early married life with her first husband Ben Hagman, p. 39
My Heart Belongs (1976)
“Things can get very lovey and feasty with a bunch of stimulated hams.”
Source: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 268
“Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes.”
As quoted in Right Time, Right Place, Right Move, Right Now! (1992) by Perry W. Buffington, Section I : Life
As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 6
“I can't tell you the joy I felt in flying in that show … I loved it so.”
As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183
Context: I can't tell you the joy I felt in flying in that show … I loved it so. The freedom of spirit that was Peter Pan was suddenly there for me. I discovered I was happier in the air than on the ground.
“Anything was better than playing cards, and I was doing something I wanted to do — creating.”
On becoming a dance teacher, and creating her own moves, p. 44
My Heart Belongs (1976)
“Peter Pan is perhaps the most important thing, to me, that I have ever done in theater.”
As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 180
As quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183
Source: My Heart Belongs (1976), p. 19
To Sandy Duncan, who had told her "You're the only Peter Pan I'll ever know" in a meeting after a Duncan's performance in the role, as quoted in Mary Martin : Broadway Legend (2008) by Ronald L. Davis. p. 183
