Shelley Winters quotes

Shelley Winters was an acclaimed American actress who excelled in both film and television. Her versatile talent earned her two Academy Awards and roles in many classic movies. She became known for her powerful screen presence and diverse range of characters. Here are 25 of her quotes:

Where do you go to get anorexia? (Shelley Winters)
Every now and then, when you're onstage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't get in movies or in television. It is the sound of a wonderful, deep silence that means you've hit them where they live. View quote
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I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience. View quote
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I'm not overweight. I'm just nine inches too short. View quote
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Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife. View quote
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All marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes all the problems. View quote
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I think the purpose of the actor is to illuminate the human condition. When you go to a film and you see a good actor, it's because you identify with them-you know what they're feeling-and a good actor draws, I believe, from their own experience. And when it's true for him, it's true for you. If a director imposes a performance or you try to mimic somebody, it can be funny or brilliant, but it isn't moving. View quote
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A pretty face is a passport. View quote
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Now that I'm over sixty I'm veering toward respectability. View quote
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It was so cold I almost got married. View quote
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I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long. (Shelley Winters)
I've been away from Hollywood so long, I feel like a spider on a wedding cake. View quote
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I am the modern, intelligent, independent-type woman. In other words, a girl who can not get a man. View quote
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sometimes in comedy you can make the audience feel poignancy stronger than you can with tears or anguish. View quote
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The trouble with marrying an actor is they grab you in their arms, hold you close and tell you how wonderful they are. View quote
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You have a lot of friends who love you dearly and you don't know who they are. View quote
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We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him. View quote
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Life is a constant process of change, for better or worse. View quote
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Stardom can be very destructive - particularly if you believe in it. View quote
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In those days, young stars, male and female, were all virgins until married, and if divorced, they returned magically to that condition. View quote
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art is exposure. And until you've developed a degree of maturity to handle that knowledge, you are revealing what other people keep hidden. (Shelley Winters)
Good, bad, or indifferent - it doesn't matter, just work. View quote
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Security is when I'm very much in love with somebody extraordinary who loves me back. View quote
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Acting is like painting pictures on bathroom tissues. Ten minutes later you throw them away and they are gone. View quote
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To me, the theatre - I don't like to say it, but I'll say it - is a temple in a kind of way, where human beings go to be elevated. View quote
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