Quotes by Donna Douglas

“I really love pets. Theyre like children. They know if you really love them or not. You cant fool them.”

“I loved doing Elly May. She was a slice out of my own life. And of course the The Beverly Hillbillies was a story about the American Dream. No matter who tried to slicker us or take advantage of us, we always came out on top. We were never the losers. So the right attitude was important. We set a good examples. The Hillbillies set high standards.”

“I would think that other people could see if you had other talents. I grew and expanded from the Elly May role. I was doing real estate and personal appearances and kept my foot in the door.”

“I speak for a lot of church groups, youth groups, schools, colleges and do personal appearances. Ive done conventions and trade shows. A lot of different little hats.”

“Today you cant go by the titles of the shows to know what the content of the show may be.”

“Ive done gospel singing. I have a gospel album and country album.”

“Whatever God would want me to do... love each other and help others. I want to add, not take away.”

“Back then, it was more or less we couldnt change a line in our script. We werent allowed to change lines. Today, actors change everything and wont do parts. Its very different today. Back then, the producers were in charge. Today actors are more in charge.”

“I still live in Huntington Beach, California, but I try to get back home more to Louisiana a lot. All my family is down in Louisiana.”

“I was offered to do a night-time soap after The Beverly Hillbillies. There was so much I didnt want to do because of family values. It was a big hit in a couple weeks, but it didnt matter to me, because I wanted to do a certain caliber of work and didnt want to do garbage.”

I really love pets. Theyre like children. They know if you really love them or not. You cant fool them.