Quotes from Shelley Long

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

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

If brains were money, you'd need to take out a loan to buy a cup of coffee.

I love being a mother...I am more aware. I feel things on a deeper level. I have a kind of understanding about my body, about being a woman.

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.

In a real relationship, you take two steps forward, one step back. So just because we take two steps forward and get all the benefit from that doesn't mean we can't go back or to the side.

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

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 them do that.

I don't believe in predestination, even though I was raised a Presbyterian.

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.

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

Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.

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 American iconic couple - who actually like each other sexually, in marriage. Imagine.

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

I've helped people get rid of headaches by placing my hand on their forehead, and backaches by placing my hand on their back. It's a powerful example of love that really works.

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 little bit and get in touch with what's inside.

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

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 American iconic couple - who actually like each other sexually, in marriage. Imagine.

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 what she does, I probably would have quit early in the game.

Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.

There was always a feeling for me that it would work. That's what keeps me going. You go in with a positive attitude and stay there, and that's a big part of what does make it work.

I think, head up and shoulders back. Not only does it make you look taller and thinner but it gives you confidence and boosts your self-esteem.