Top 52 Quotes & Sayings by Shannen Doherty

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Shannen Doherty.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Shannen Maria Doherty is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Jenny Wilder in Little House on the Prairie (1982–1983); Maggie Malene in Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985); Kris Witherspoon in Our House (1986–1988); Heather Duke in Heathers (1989); Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–94), 90210 (2008–2009) and again in BH90210 (2019); Prue Halliwell in Charmed (1998–2001); and Dobbs in Fortress (2021).

American - Actress | Born: April 12, 1971

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I realize it's probably best to keep my politics to myself.

Shannen Doherty

I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom because I can't breathe.

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There's not one cast member of 90210 who didn't throw a tantrum to two themselves.

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You just have to keep believing in yourself.

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Your life changes. Everything has to be done perfectly, and I didn't follow that. I lived my life as if I wasn't in the public eye. I thought, 'I'm young. I have the right to experience new things, and if I want to go to a bar and get drunk, that's my prerogative.'

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I don't think you should do things in your personal life differently because you're a role model.

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For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone, I'd get self-conscious.

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I'm a conservative. I was an avid supporter of Ronald Reagan; I thought he was fabulous.

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I can't stand unpacking.

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I definitely lived my life like I wasn't in the public eye.

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Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living.

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I have never had anything done. I've been asked if I had breast implants. Whether I did or not, it's nobody's business but my own.

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Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.

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I realize that the majority of people in the entertainment business happen to be Democrats. I have no problem with that. And they should have no problem with the fact that I'm a Republican.

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I'm not a violent person and I don't hit people.

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If somebody wants to have plastic surgery, more power to them. I think there's a point where you go overboard.

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I met Ashley two weeks before I married him. It was a joke-the most ridiculous thing I've ever done. Once I was married, I didn't want to be a failure, so I stuck it out for six months, which was about six months too long.

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All my fans tell me what a glamorous life I have, but I tell them how hard I work and how many nights I spend alone with my dogs, eating chicken pot pie in my bedroom.

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Five minutes before I went on, I looked at my manager and said, I'm going to get booed. I know it's going to happen. And you're responsible because you put me on here. It was horrible. I've never been more hurt in my entire life.

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If God wanted us to be naked, why did he invent sexy lingerie?

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If I kind of like a guy, then I'm a fantastic flirt. But with a guy I truly like, I get painfully shy.

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My inner child is not wounded.

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I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a Republican.

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Have you ever felt like a phone call that's been disconnected?

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That's something I go through every day - you know - Am I good enough to act?

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This is a free country, and nobody should be criticized for their political beliefs. We're all allowed to have our opinions.

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When I was little, my mom told me that if I lied, the devil would visit me in my sleep. To this day, if I tell even the smallest lie, I have bad dreams. Plus, I'm no good at it.

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I'm unbelievably claustrophobic, and I have really bad anxiety. There were a few moment when I was very dramatic and thought, 'I'm not going to live through this. I'm going to hyperventilate and just die. Right here in jail.'

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I don't think the Republican Party is against women.

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I'm not saying that anybody should like me. Give me a chance before you form that opinion.

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I'm the person who stops and gives any homeless person any money that they want.

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I was never hit as a child. I don't believing in hitting, period.

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Charmed is fun and light, one of those shows that let you turn your brain off for an hour.

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I could tell you what my good qualities are. There's my honesty; I have a very wacky, kind of dry humor that a lot of people don't get to see.

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You read stuff about yourself and you think, My God, where are these people coming up with these things? Why am I the one that they're picking on?

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I'd be more than willing to give names and phone numbers of every makeup artist I worked with.

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I had a wonderful childhood. My parents were a dream to me.

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It's better to be the rejecter than the rejectee.

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I did not read Gone with the Wind, although I've seen the movie, and I read every book on Margaret Mitchell.

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I help relationships come to an end or help them go to the next level. It can be boyfriend or girlfriend, or if you want to quit your job.

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That I'm an alcoholic is completely ridiculous.

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I would say I'm pro-choice only because I don't feel that it's right that anybody in this world puts restrictions on anyone.

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Playboy is very easy to work with in the sense that you tell them what you don't want to do-that you don't want to show full breasts or whatever-and there are no arguments about it.

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I actually wish I had smaller breasts.

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I've had so much happen, it's hard to trust people.

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The lesson that I learned is that you can't drop everything for one person. I've done that and that person has broken up with me, and I've had nothing.

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I was raised to stand up for myself, if I feel I'm in the right. Maybe it would have been best if I'd just gone home with my swollen cheek.

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Playboy and I have had some talks about doing it and in what manner it would be done. Aaron Spelling did not pay me money not to do it - that's completely false.

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I take on everybody's problems. I have a very maternal side. I'm basically a very normal, down-to-earth person.

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Labels are boring and often have nothing to with the person; it is just the way others perceive you, or choose to perceive you.

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I prefer cozy and warm to stark and sterile. You don't have to spend a lot of money to give your place personality.

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I love scars on people. Scars to me are so attractive.

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