Shelley Winters Quotes

"Every now and then, when you're on stage, 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."
-Shelley Winters

"I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long."
-Shelley Winters

"All marriages are happy. It's trying to live together afterwards that causes all the problems."
-Shelley Winters

"Acting is like painting pictures on bathroom tissues. Ten minutes later you throw them away and they're gone."
-Shelley Winters

"Over the past few days, she has become much stronger, and Shelley is nearly back to her normal self."
-Shelley Winters

"I was so cold the other day, I almost got married."
-Shelley Winters

"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."
-Shelley Winters