Sharon Gless

Professions :

Film actress

Born :

May 31, 1943

When people have asked me in the past if I'm gay, I've said "I'm... by Sharon Gless

When people have asked me in the past if I'm gay, I've said "I'm not gay, but I'm festive."

gay people past

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.

pieces running people

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.

dream baby children

They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range.

dollars age pay

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.

night mean people

I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understandin... by Sharon Gless

I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition.

human-condition understanding thinking

There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the b... by Sharon Gless

There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies.

raises praise baby

I dont believe there is any character that one can play for that long and not bring a piece of you to it.

play character believe

I'm not unaware of the fact that probably my biggest audience is lesbians, and is probably the main reason why I've attained the success that I have.

reason reason-why facts

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.

mentor talent player

The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males. by Sharon Gless

The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males.

tone males tvs

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half ho... by Sharon Gless

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.

comedy half drama

Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and yo... by Sharon Gless

Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things?

christine wells character

It's not the networks, it's the advertisers who want to appeal to the young males who go to the movies and buy all of this stuff.

males want stuff

Something just happens when you read a part. You know, if you'd like to do it or if you don't believe it.

knows happens believe

Network heads don't seemed to be turned off by the men who get ol... by Sharon Gless

Network heads don't seemed to be turned off by the men who get older.

turned-off he-man men

All men are difficult. by Sharon Gless

All men are difficult.

difficult men

Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama.

minorities comedy drama

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.

eerie black air

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.

married men thinking

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