Cybill Shepherd Quotes

• 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.

  Cybill Shepherd

  Topics in History

  Tags in Television, Things

• 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.

  Cybill Shepherd

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Women, Referring

• 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.

  Cybill Shepherd

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Beautiful, Great, Think

• 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.

  Cybill Shepherd

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Freedom, Bringing

• 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.

  Cybill Shepherd

  Topics in Knowledge

  Tags in Doctors, Things, Women

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

  Cybill Shepherd

  Topics in Success

  Tags in Certain, Written

• 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.

  Cybill Shepherd

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Friends, Helped

• 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.

  Cybill Shepherd

  Topics in Country

  Tags in People, Thing

• 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.

  Cybill Shepherd

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Doctor, Opinion, Science

Cybill Shepherd (9)

Birth:	18th February, 1950
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Model

About

Cybill Lynne Shepherd was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She is an American actress and former model. Shepherd's better known roles include Jacy in The Last Picture Show, Kelly in The Heartbreak Kid, Betsy in Taxi Driver, Maddie Hayes in Moonlighting, Cybill Sheridan in Cybill, Phyllis Kroll in The L Word, and Madeleine Spencer in Psych. Named after her grandfather Cy and her father Bill, Shepherd won the 1966 "Miss Teenage Memphis" contest at age 16, and the 1968 "Model of the Year" contest at age 18, making her a fashion star of the 1960s, resulting in fashion modeling work through high school and after. She has been an outspoken activist for issues such as gay rights and abortion rights. In 2009, Shepherd was honored by the Human Rights Campaign in Atlanta to accept one of two National Ally for Equality awards. She has been an advocate for same-sex marriage and parental rights.

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