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
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![“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)
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