Shelley Duvall Quotes

Acting in films hasn't changed me. I feel exactly the same.

And of course, now that Bernard and I have found each other forever, we're determined to create our own little world in order to survive the one we're in.

Anyway, I went out and bought thousands of dollars worth of mature clothes so I'd look like a person to be taken seriously, instead of a pretty little twit.

Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping other people. But how can we tell you our plans when we haven't finished making them yet?

But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've learned about life in the past seven years - was taught to me by Robert Altman.

For a while we lived in a tent we'd pitched inside his parents' house and we slept on pillows.

Having been an actress before becoming a producer has helped, because I realize the needs.

I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend.

I was traveling in Europe with Paul and suddenly realized my passport still said I was Mrs. Sampson.

I'm not afraid of aging.

In school the kids thought I was freaky because I made straight A's and daydreamed a lot.

Making it big in this world is such a rip-off, you gotta keep your head together or it can be totally without meaning.

No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project.

Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love.

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.

There's nothing that can beat the feeling of doing a movie or a TV show that makes everyone feel good.

Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I said yes.

We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can.

You think he's going to like you better, but then one day you look in the mirror and realize you've changed yourself - physically and emotionally - into a woman who's totally different from the one he was attracted to the first place.