Shelley Duvall

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

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.

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

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

I don't know if I was a desirable person, not just physically but emotionally and mentally and intellectually. I still have a long way go and a lot to learn, but I'm on my way, I don't think I'm terribly attractive, but I'm comfortable with my looks.

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

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

I'm not afraid of aging.

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.

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

Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career.

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