In 1970 Moore starred in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which became her second hit television show. The show was so popular that in May 2002, she had a statue dedicated to her character, Mary Richards. The statue, taken from the show's opening sequence where she throws her hat up in the air, is located in downtown Minneapolis in front of Macy's Department Store.

"I just like the continue doing what I've been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn't hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I'll be a very happy person."

"I live in New York simply because I don't know any better. I moved there when the show went off the air a couple of years after that."

"I'm not an actress who can create a character. I play me."

"Reruns are wonderful because it usually indicates that they had something going for them to begin with and that's why you're still looking at them. And in both my shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show and the last one, they were so well written and so good they hold up."