I was not looking for a sitcom, because the philosophy at that point was that you had to make a choice: Were you going to do movies or TV? You couldn't cross over. — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
People had been so attached to the Diane [Cheers] character that audiences and producers found it difficult to think of me in any other… — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
I dont believe in predestination, even though I was raised a Presbyterian. — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
I was not a womanizer; I didn't date a lot. If I kissed somebody, I was basically married from that point on. — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
If it's not some daring, dangerous affair, it's just not interesting, or so it seems. So, here you have two people - a famous… — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
It's harder to write two people happy and in love than two people fighting and driving each other crazy. — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
Did you know that, if you visualise, you can actually hug on the phone? — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
I'd spent ten years in London, writing and performing my own comedy shows. They gave me the Cheers [scenes], and I thought it was… — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
It's just a crime that people don't take the time and make the effort to have a conversation if it's bothering them that much. — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win. — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
I don't get bothered about statistics. If somebody had pointed out to me the odds of my being a working actress getting paid for… — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
I was too terrified to notice she [Shelley Long] had breasts. I do remember that I was eating a sandwich. — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
I like men to be men and I like them to care about me and to take care of me. I'm willing to let… — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
He[Ted Danson] was clearly not a football player, and not only physically. He didn't bring that attitude, that mentality. At the time, there was… — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
I really felt sometimes like I was physically pulling the plot, and it was heavy. I'm sure it didn't look great that I was… — Shelley Long Copy Share Image
![“People had been so attached to the Diane [Cheers] character that audiences and producers found it difficult to think of me in any other terms. It took some time before people would consider me for other parts.” quote by Shelley Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7f6/shelley-long-20924_audience_people-had-been-so-attached-to-the-diane_16958.jpg)
![“I'd spent ten years in London, writing and performing my own comedy shows. They gave me the Cheers [scenes], and I thought it was the springboard for chatting about the show, because in England, that's what you do. So I walk in, and I'm looking around, and Jimmy Burrows said, "What are you looking…” quote by Shelley Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/204/shelley-long-20924_auditions_i-d-spent-ten-years-in-london-writing-an_644948.jpg)
![“I was too terrified to notice she [Shelley Long] had breasts. I do remember that I was eating a sandwich.” quote by Shelley Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ca8/shelley-long-20924_breasts_i-was-too-terrified-to-notice-she-shelle_1227983.jpg)
![“He[Ted Danson] was clearly not a football player, and not only physically. He didn't bring that attitude, that mentality. At the time, there was a [Red Sox] relief pitcher named Bill Lee, the "Spaceman." He was kind of nuts, as we found out a lot of relievers are.” quote by Shelley Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/365/shelley-long-20924_attitude_he-ted-danson-was-clearly-not-a-football_1381870.jpg)
