David Letterman (left) and Teri Garr.Photo:Randy Brooke/WireImage; Doug Benc/Getty
Randy Brooke/WireImage; Doug Benc/Getty
After decades of hosting guests on his talk show,David LettermanadmitsTeri Garrstands out amongst the rest.
“Remembering one of our all-time favorite guests Teri Garr #RIP,” he captioned a throwback video of his interview with Garr ahead of the 1983 Academy Awards. The actress was nominated for best supporting actress for her performance inTootsie.
“Congratulations on your success, it’s well deserved and I hope you’re enjoying it,” Letterman told Garr in the video.
When he asked if she had any words prepared for her big moment, the actress admitted she hadn’t “thought about it until just now, that you mention it.”
“I suppose you’re right, I’ll have to have something to say,” she mused. “It’s embarrassing, but I did think about something, if I were to win and I figure I’ve got one chance in five, to get up there, I’d have to say something so I started thinking about all of the people I would thank and stuff like that, you feel foolish thinking about this.”
Teri Garr and David Letterman in 1979.Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
“It’s something that you expect that may not happen and then what am I going to do with all that information if I don’t win?” Garr joked. “I’d store it all in my brain.”
Instead of expressing gratitude for those who helped her find her way, Garr laughed and admitted she’d given thought about “some of the people I’d not thank.”
“I know you’re not supposed to do that, you’re supposed to be gracious and everything,” she added. “I’m a human.”
Teri Garr.Joseph Del Valle/NBC via Getty
Joseph Del Valle/NBC via Getty
In 2002, Garr publicly revealed that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the late 90s. She first began noticing symptoms while filmingOne From the HeartandTootsie.
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Garr became a national ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and national chair for the Society’s Women Against MS program. She limited the number of projects she appeared in and retired from acting in 2011.
“Slowing down is so not in my nature, but I have to,” she toldBrain & Life Magazinein 2005. “Stress and anxiety and all those high-tension things are not good for MS.”
source: people.com