Cybill Shepherd Quotes (17 Quotes)


    When I'm saying hysteria, I'm referring to Freud, because all the women were coming to him with symptoms and seeking help, and he just called it hysteria.

    I never thought I'd get a chance to play Martha Stewart again,

    If you're to believe either unflattering film, Martha isn't funny, witty or much of a pleasure to be around. Behind Bars ... that if (Stewart) came in the room right now, I might make a fast exit.

    We have to keep trying things we're not sure we can pull off. If we just do the things we know we can do... you don't grow as much. You got to take those chances on making those big mistakes.

    I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.


    I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren't true.

    And if doctor says that you don't have IBS with constipation, you might want to get a second opinion, because I had doctors that were telling me... of course, a lot of this has to do with science - progressing.

    It's a great story. Even though we may think we know everything, Martha was not particularly a public person. We didn't know much about her personal or private thoughts. It was an opportunity to find some emotion in a different way than what we've seen.


    They showed this one beautiful picture of me recently and they had all the things that I had done. I thought it was a great compliment for everybody to think I've had plastic surgery.

    You know, women have a history of just being - we've been told all our lives not to say - in the fifties you couldn't say birth or even be pregnant hardly on television - and then gradually things have changed.

    I know you are going to be embarrassed. We're all embarrassed by it, but to hide the embarrassment... silence has never protected women or helped them. We need to talk about it more with our, you know - whoever - our friends, our family.

    I was searching myself to find something that would help me with all of my symptoms. Then I went to my doctor, and she suggested that I try this.

    I did many interviews, and went out and talked to many people and went to rallies. It was the same thing with menopause. I traveled around the country on talk shows and talking to women about.


    It's okay to talk about birth, okay - then menstruation. I first started my advocacy for women's health in the field of reproductive freedom, and the next stage would be bringing menopause out of the closet.

    It's hard for women to talk about these things, and for the doctors to really talk about it too, and to even have the knowledge of what's going on. That's why I'm doing this and urging women to speak out and talk to their doctors frankly.


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