Sharon Gless quotes

Sharon Gless is an American actress best known for her roles in television series such as "Cagney & Lacey" and "Queer as Folk." Her performances have earned her multiple Emmy and Golden Globe awards, making her a respected figure in the entertainment industry. She continues to inspire audiences with her talent and dedication to her craft. Here are 29 of her quotes:

I'm not here to put down men, God love them and I'm married to one, but I do think they are more shallow. (Sharon Gless)
I think, on the whole, men are much more shallow than women. View quote
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Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things? View quote
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In fact I have nightmares about having children. I want to carry a baby and feel the life within me and in my dream, I do. But every time after it's born, there's this incredible fear, this pounding pulse of fear. It's a real bad nightmare. View quote
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I kind of resent this attitude of men that we somehow must always look good. View quote
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All men are difficult. View quote
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They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range. View quote
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You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it. View quote
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In my early days I was a contract player at Universal and I had a wonderful mentor named Monique James, who was head of talent there, and she used to drag me on sets to do parts. View quote
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The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males. View quote
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I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition. (Sharon Gless)
Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney. View quote
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Yeah, even a black comedy. Where it's a little eerie. I'd love to do that. But there are about three really fabulous ones on the air now and I don't know if I can do any better than that. I'd like to sort of forge new ground. View quote
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Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama. View quote
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Something just happens when you read a part. You know, if you'd like to do it or if you don't believe it. View quote
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Network heads don't seemed to be turned off by the men who get older. View quote
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I don't believe there is any character that one can play for that long and not bring a piece of you to it. View quote
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But Angela had at least 30% more viewers on the same night at the same time. I mean, she wiped everybody out. But the sponsors don't care when she had the most people. They only care about if there was only a handful of young viewers on the other one. View quote
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But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age. View quote
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Studios were just run differently. There really was a head of a studio. There were people who loved their studios. Who worked for their studios and were loaned out to other people and everybody sort of got a piece. Well now there's a handful now. View quote
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There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies. (Sharon Gless)
I've come to learn that there is a real difference between men and women. It's genetic. View quote
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But it took me awhile to figure out Christine at this age, you know. View quote
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And they were writing scripts where Christine had hit the glass ceiling. And I always thought Christine would never hit the glass ceiling. I thought her dreams would take her. Maybe her dreams wouldn't take her where she wanted, but she still had her dreams. View quote
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There are only about three really, really good sitcoms on the air. View quote
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Sharon Gless

Sharon Gless - Image
Photo: Alan Light derivative work: Wildhartlivie (talk), CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Actress
Born: May 31, 1943
Quotes count: 29