Shelley Long

People had been so attached to the Diane [Cheers] character that audiences and producers found it difficult to think of me in…

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I dont believe in predestination, even though I was raised a Presbyterian.

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I was not a womanizer; I didn't date a lot. If I kissed somebody, I was basically married from that point on.

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If it's not some daring, dangerous affair, it's just not interesting, or so it seems. So, here you have two people -…

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It's harder to write two people happy and in love than two people fighting and driving each other crazy.

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Did you know that, if you visualise, you can actually hug on the phone?

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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…

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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…

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If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.

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I don't get bothered about statistics. If somebody had pointed out to me the odds of my being a working actress getting…

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I was too terrified to notice she [Shelley Long] had breasts. I do remember that I was eating a sandwich.

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I like men to be men and I like them to care about me and to take care of me. I'm willing…

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I'm not perfect, but I'd like to be perfect. I'm working on it.

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He[Ted Danson] was clearly not a football player, and not only physically. He didn't bring that attitude, that mentality. At the time,…

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I really felt sometimes like I was physically pulling the plot, and it was heavy. I'm sure it didn't look great that…

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I'm a real 'go, go' person... I'd make myself crazy by pushing too hard. It's important to pull pack the reins a…

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I was not looking for a sitcom, because the philosophy at that point was that you had to make a choice: Were…

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The Cheers writers were the finest in television. But I felt like I was repeating myself; it bothered me a little bit.…

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Everyone wants the two characters to be together, but then once they are, it's not that much fun.

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I'm not as klutzy as I used to be... I've had visual therapy and all kinds of things to help, but I…

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There was always a feeling for me that it would work. That's what keeps me going. You go in with a positive…

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In television, and especially in a situation comedy, you kind of play yourself, or at least the essence of yourself.

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I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but it gives you confidence…

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I can't say I based [Carla] on anybody I knew. She was so foulmouthed and mean, just said what was on her…

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In a real relationship, you take two steps forward, one step back. So just because we take two steps forward and get…

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