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

Quote by Shelley Duvall

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

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...

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

I like to pick my own vegetables.

I like to pick my own vegetables.

I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still...

I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still...

You don't direct ostriches, you herd them.

You don't direct ostriches, you herd them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The world doesn't end just because one thing goes wrong.

The world doesn't end just because one thing goes wrong.

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or...

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or...

And of course, now that Bernard and I have found each other forever, we're determined...

And of course, now that Bernard and I have found each other forever, we're determined...

But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've...

But most of what I've learned about acting - and a lot of what I've...

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

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

In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of...

In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of...

Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether...

Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether...

But I never let a fantasy get away, because I always stop to analyze it.

But I never let a fantasy get away, because I always stop to analyze it.

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

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

I'm not afraid of aging.

I'm not afraid of aging.

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

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

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

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