Speedbumps Quotes

“One of the only things we can control about any affliction- and life in general- is our attitude toward dealing with it.”
― Teri Garr, Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood

“People struggle with how to react to illness, and I think it's part of human nature to over-respond, whether with undo pity, discrimination or just plain wackiness.”
― Teri Garr, Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood

“Life is a progressive disease. In fact, life is the leading cause of death. We're all doomed. Ain't none of us getting out of this alive!”
― Teri Garr, Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood

“But as this chorus of tingling, tripping, beeping, and stabbing reached a crescendo, I couldn't ignore my symptoms anymore. My body was a discordant symphony, and I was definitely not the conductor.”
― Teri Garr, Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood

“My father's death was the saddest thing that had ever happened to me. It was unimaginably devastating, not just because I was eleven, but because my relationship with him was so unresolved. I was too young to realize how much I resented his vices and absences, too young to realize how much what we see, feel, and sense in our households and between our parents influences who we become.”
― Teri Garr, Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood

“For all the pain and work, the bruises and the bloody toes, I knew that dancing made me happy, happier than I'd ever been.”
― Teri Garr, Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood

“My mother taught us to be proud no matter what we had or what we looked like, as long as we were good people with real friends and interesting experiences.”
― Teri Garr, Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood

“I guess what it comes down to is that I was happy to entertain, even if it was at my own expense.”
― Teri Garr, Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood

“I learned a big lesson from that: People come and go in life, but when the ones who really matter resurface, it's best to let bygones be bygones and focus on the good.”
― Teri Garr, Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood