A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.
As a Christian I've tried to find that still, small place.
By the time I got to New York, I felt like I'd been sold a bill of goods.
Daddy's ancestors were Russian Jews who came here in the 1870s.
Everyone thought that Frank was my Mr. Right. Everyone but me.
First you flame; then you burn out when the passion cools with nothing behind it.
For every sleazeball in the business there are plenty of decent and wonderful people.
For many people religion can be so easy they stumble right over it.
Frank is a better husband to me than I am a wife to him.
Frank knows I'd shrivel up and die if I didn't work.
Frank was an American legend long before I began shaving my legs.
God didn't bless me with success so I could eat caviar every day.
God made jeans with Frank in mind. He puts them on, I go crazy.
I am serious. I want to concentrate on my singing and acting.
I believe there are no crumbs on God's table. I believe that He's always preparing us.
I believed in soaps. I did bit parts on Days of our LIves.
I cannot imagine life without Frank. I know it sounds goofy.
I did feel from day one that I was a born performer.
I did live a very full, at times turbulent, life before Frank.
I don't consider what I'm doing now throwing it away. I've got my new CD coming out.
I don't have thighs. I not only have them; I'll be at war with them for life.
I don't think Lloyd's of London would insure this mouth.
I feel I'm in a place now where I can share my own journey of faith.
I felt no stigma whatsoever in becoming the third Mrs. Gifford.
I got to go to the White House and had a zit the size of Arkansas.
I hate politics, hate deals, and deal-making, hate meeting with attorneys and agents.
I knew I could never choose someone over my family's objections.
I never had the killer instinct for getting sound bites.
I now have a recording studio in my home that's state of the art.
I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.
I remember watching the Andy Williams specials and really looking forward to them.
I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.
I wanted to reserve the right, the choice, to have children.
I was told all my life I was part Cherokee. Then it was Crow. The latest is Blackfoot.
I wasn't ever interested in marrying someone else's career or bank account.
I would never want to hurt anyone by writing a book.
I'm considering returning to Broadway; my last production got rave reviews.
If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.
If I'm in love I want to get married. That's how stupid I am.
In my home you didn't go sniveling to Mama. As I said, you make your bed and lie in it.
Instead of miles, American should have just given me my own airplane.
It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too.
Life seemed so simple and joyous when I was growing up.
Love in the real world means saying you're sorry 10 times a day.
Mom thinks I live in this dream world where everybody's Ivana Trump.
Mom, like me, tends to be controlling, and I get impatient and frustrated with her.
My mother, sister, and father had been going forward and finding Jesus.
Oral had a great message for the masses but could barely talk to anybody one on one.
Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in.
Our bodies, the Bible says, are temples of the Holy Spirit.
Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people.
Over the years my mom has become a self-taught Biblical scholar.
People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous.
Sexual harassment is complex, subtle, and highly subjective.
The payoffs in showbiz seemed as random as a slot machine.
The truth is, we all hate treadmills and step classes with beauties half our age.
The work in a working mother's life is like interference on a cluttered radio dial.
There was no way we'd ever get spoiled. Daddy made sure to instill in us a work ethic.
There were no bigger stars in the new evangelism than the Bakkers.
There's a reason God puts us where we're placed, and that's to be kingdom builders.
They don't call me spontaneous and irreverant for nothing.
Though we respected my father's heritage, we were not practicing Jews.
To me an audition is 30 crazed people in a room waiting to be axed.
To this day I do not believe I'm great at anything.
We heard stories about fakery and decoys at revivals. I never personally saw any trickery.
We weren't wealthy enough to belong to a country club, and they weren't the type anyway.
We're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond.
We're not curing cancer or AIDS, but I'm all for the healing people derive from laughter.
What's better than to know your little boy loves his mom?
When I couldn't get arrested in commercials, I'd do 10 TV pilots that didn't go to series.
When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.
Why do I pray? Because I never know what's going to pop out of my mouth.
With CNN and satellite news technologies, the world has shrunk.
Women 30 to 45 years old want to look like Claudia and Cindy and go shopping with me.
You don't take an oath before God and then break it.
Yes, Frank hurt me deeply, but my kids have a wonderful father and they deserve a family." about her husband Frank Giffor
I've changed it 50 times. You show me a woman who hasn't, except for Janet Reno." - about coloring her hai
Ridiculous! It's extremely cold in our studio, so you could be wearing a steel harness and you'd still have a little action, if you know what I mean. I do not like industrial-strength push-up bras. I wear very flimsy things. Besides, what 46-year old woman who's nursed two kids goes braless?" - about rumors that she goes on the air brales
I change my hairstyle every day for the show, I'm fastidious and vain about my nails and teeth and grooming and makeup, but a perfect body, forget it. Dust to dust, wuggies to wuggies.
Mrs. Gifford on what she does first thing in the morning: "Brush my teeth and say good morning to the picture of my Daddy sitting next to my sink."
Studied drama and music at Oral Roberts University.
Was accused of running Honduras sweatshops in 1996, related to her clothing line.
Plans to sue the National Enquirer for recent articles printed about her children. [March 2000]
She was born the same year as Frank Gifford's oldest son, Jeff.
Named Maryland Junior Miss at age 17.
Has homes in Greenwich, CT, Key Largo, FL, Nantucket, MA, and a ski condo in Colorado.
Was a high school cheerleader.
Born at 11:30pm-CET
Has two children: Cody Newton (b.1990) and Cassidy Erin (b.1993).
Attended high school in Bowie, MD.
Tried out for the part of Tiffany Welles on "Charlie's Angels" (1976) and was told she wasn't pretty enough. Shelley Hack got the part and was later replaced because she wasn't a good actress.
Dropped out of Oral Roberts University during her junior year with no plans to finish.
Named her dog, Regis, after her famous co-star, Regis Philbin.
Has released several Christian music albums over the years. Her most recent release, 2000's 'The Heart of a Woman', was her first pop release.
Releases her albums on her own label, Lamb Records. Her two most recent albums are 'Goodnight, Angel' and 'Party Animals'.
Her brother is Rev. David Paul Epstein, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Manhattan (catty-corner from Carnegie Hall).
Mrs. Gifford's father, Aaron Leon Epstein, died on November 19, 2002. He had been terminally ill for the past few years, and his illness was one of the reasons Mrs. Gifford decided to leave "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) in 2000, after more than a decade as host.
Mrs. Gifford's dog Chardonnay, a white poodle given to her by husband Frank in 1988, was found dead from a coyote attack on January 28, 2003.
Measurements: 35C/D-24 1/2-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Worked for a time as Anita Bryant's assistant.
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