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It's not so much an avoidance mechanism — "I'll think about it tomorrow" — as it is asking myself, is this something I need to worry about today? And now I have the diaries to draw on for the book.
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Because as I mentioned, I think, it was a whole different scale. I was very fortunate to have the resources to find help in so many ways.
You talk about your start as a young, small-town English girl, who was soon catapulted into fame with "Mary Poppins" and "The Sound of Music." What it was like to be thrust into the spotlight at such a young age, and do you have any advice for someone experiencing it for the first time?
As I say in the book, I am well aware of how irritating it is when people who have been graced by good fortune complain about its rigors.
Written with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, Andrews candidly describes her own struggles with relationships, work-life balance, parenting, and mental health.
Ahead of the memoir's paperback release, Business Insider sent Andrews questions about money, work, and how to weather difficult times.
As I grew older, I grew a bit freer, and used my words a little more liberally. But that is not the norm, and I do respect the fact that people who work in the arts and media must be flexible.
In the book, you detail the importance of finding an agent who looked out for you and your earnings. At one point, you realized that if you’d gotten that role instead of Audrey Hepburn, you would not have been able to do Mary Poppins.
For their twentieth wedding anniversary, she wrote a poem for him that read in part, "When all is said and done, the lady's by your side for the wild fun, the fierce pain, the laughter in the ride."
Speaking to Sawyer, she recalled the end of the poem from memory, "And darling, when I show you this poem -- I know what you will say.
I did wonder when I was endlessly touring around in vaudeville, what was the good of it? That little girl thinks her mother is Mary Poppins,'" she said.
Hamilton, 56, helped write her mother's new memoir, sharing memories about Andrews' radiant and valiant life.
"[I] don't know a more resilient person," she said of her mother.
Andrews is a champion of happy endings and shared the song lyrics she holds close to her heart.
"'My Ship' was a song that had the most beautiful lyrics," Andrews said.
which gave it an intimacy and a warmth that we might not have had if we had gone outside.
What I tried to convey was how everything came at me. So one just did the work. I could sing. In the early days, I had no idea how to distinguish between the efforts that felt aligned with my values and those that asked me to engage in a way that made me feel uncomfortable.
The things that crossed my path after I lost my singing voice enabled me to start a second career writing a memoir and the children’s books with my daughter—about thirty of them all together. They weren’t brought out into the open. I think I’m a rebel, and then it takes me forever to make up my mind about things...I’m a true Libra.
When you’re touring around in vaudeville, in the old days, you hear quite a lot of it, and I was probably quite influenced by it.
"And then suddenly being aware of these two women, these two mothers -- in the same center, going, 'Isn't that sweet? Eleven years ago, she published the first volume of her memoirs, ruefully entitled Home, which revealed the chaos of her family history. He’d called our room and said he was coming right down, so we thought, well, the first person off the elevator would be Mike.
She quoted the lyrics, "Well, my ship has sails that are made of silk. I am always grateful for the interviewers that pose new or different questions, or those that allow for more than three minutes. If not, can I use the day to stand still, to reflect further and maintain equilibrium?
The memoir powerfully and honestly depicts your own journey with mental health and seeking out psychoanalysis.