Excerpt from Home Work memoir by Julie Andrews
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to my amazement and delight, I was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for my role in Mary Poppins. The event was held at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. I sat at the Disney table with our screenwriter, producer Bill Walsh, his wife nelly and Roddy McDowall, among others. There was some talk at our table about the fact that if I had been cast in the film, My Fair Lady, I wouldn't have been free to accept the role in Mary Poppins. I jokingly said to Bill Well, if I win, I should probably think Jack Warner, shouldn't I? Oh julie do it! He said, I wouldn't dare! I gasped julie, I promise you everyone will love it. To my astonishment. When my category came up, I was announced as the winner. I wasn't sure what I would say, even as I went up to the stage to accept the award. After thinking, waltz in the foreign press for the honor, I took an enormous gamble. Finally, my thanks to a man who made a wonderful movie who made all this possible in the first place. Mr Jack Warner. There was a pause of about five seconds during which I contemplated the possible end of my career, followed by an explosion of laughter. Happily, Jack Warner had the good grace to laugh as hard as everyone else