Top 30 Annette Funicello Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I am the creator of my reality.”

— Annette Funicello

2. “Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.”

— Annette Funicello

3. “The mere thought of divorce terrified me. To me, divorce symbolized failure.”

— Annette Funicello

4. “You have a deeper, wiser, loving self that you can always ask for help.”

— Annette Funicello

5. “When you are young and healthy, it never occurs to you that in a single second your whole life could change.”

— Annette Funicello

6. “The Lord has been with me throughout my life. He’s never let me down.”

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7. “Most original viewers of the Mickey Mouse Club didn’t face the crush of family and social problems children have today.”

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8. “The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the ’30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.”

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9. “Watching television in those days was not the same experience as it is today. After years of listening to radio, we found the black-and-white images mesmerizing.”

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10. “In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.”

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11. “I was not prepared to live as a single parent.”

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12. “Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.”

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13. “Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock.”

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14. “Of all the roles I’ve played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.”

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15. “Animation did not become the dominant form of children’s television until the ’60s.”

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16. “My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.”

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17. “MS is not really a degenerative illness. It is not fatal, nor is it always progressive.”

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18. “For me, the wheelchair symbolizes disability in a way a cane does not.”

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19. “As I grew older, I came to feel more responsible for any hardship or trouble my career caused my family.”

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20. “Of the many guests we welcomed to the Mickey Mouse Club, my absolute favorites were the Lennon Sisters.”

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21. “I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.”

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22. “Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.”

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23. “I still don’t know precisely why The Mickey Mouse Club ended when it did.”

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24. “You don’t have to pound your head after hearing a country song and wonder if you missed something.”

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25. “Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside.”

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26. “At the beginning of 1955 only about 60 percent of American homes had TVs.”

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27. “I’m saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.”

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28. “Whatever ambivalence I felt about my own career, Frankie more than made up for it with his ambition and tenacity.”

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29. “In the United States women develop MS at approximately twice the rate men do, and no one can explain why women are affected most often from the waist down.”

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30. “To some, the ’50s were a decade marked by the banal, the predictable.”

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31. “Whatever dreams I have wished have come true.”

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32. “I’ve always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart.”

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33. “I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.”

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34. “As I travel across the country speaking about MS, perhaps I can offer others comfort and hope.”

— Annette Funicello