All men are difficult.
And they were writing scripts where Christine had hit the glass ceiling. And I always thought Christine would never hit the glass ceiling. I thought her dreams would take her. Maybe her dreams wouldn't take her where she wanted, but she still had her dreams.
Besides, here Chris is in her late 40s, so what would all of a sudden come over her and make her get married? Don't ask about me.
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.
But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age.
But it took me awhile to figure out Christine at this age, you know.
But no, I don't think I loose parts because I played Christine. Just sometimes people want to copy it, and you can't copy her.
I don't believe there is any character that one can play for that long and not bring a piece of you to it.
I got married late in life (she was 47) and sometimes I still think that I'm not marriage material.
I kind of resent this attitude of men that we somehow must always look good.
I know that those two episodes where Cagney faced her alcoholism after her father died caused people to relate.
I think Shakespeare had a lot to contribute with his understanding of the human condition.
I think there are some people in life who are not marriage material and Chris is one of them.
I think, on the whole, men are much more shallow than women.
I was at a NOW (National Organization for Women) rally in Washington, D.C, and a group of young, young girls came up to me and this one was shaking and crying and she couldn't believe it was me.
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.
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.
I've come to learn that there is a real difference between men and women. It's genetic.
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.
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.
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.
Network heads don't seemed to be turned off by the men who get older.
Something just happens when you read a part. You know, if you'd like to do it or if you don't believe it.
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.
The opening movie was the highest rated movie of the year of all three networks in our country, which is like this bonanza.
The way they were writing Christine as this older woman who got married, which she shouldn't have. Obviously got divorced right away. Reached the glass ceiling in the police precinct. So there is a part of her that died because she knows she couldn't go any farther.
The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males.
There are only about three really, really good sitcoms on the air.
There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies.
They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range.
We both have a common goal of wanting to make women and their role in society better.
We were the highest rated TV movie of the year. The highest of all three networks, I think. Who woulda thunk it? Two old broads.
Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things?
Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a 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.
Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney.
Yes, I am at peace with not having a baby, but that nightmare must be from my old, old nagging '50s upbringing.
You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.
She considers herself to be primarily a comedienne.
Sharon Gless performed in London in the theatre production of the hit film 'Misery' where she played the role played by Kathy Bates in the film. She gained positive reviews from it.
Her first television appearance as herself was in 1977 on an episode of 'To Say the Least'
She has won an Emmy in 1986 and 1987, a Golden Globe in 1985 and 1990. She won The Viewers for Quality TV Best Actress Award. She won the Milestone Award in 1988. She won the SI Award in 1991, the Gideon Media Award and Distinguished Artist Award in 1992 and she won the Hollywood Women in Radio and TV Genii Award.
She had a guest appearance on 'Judging Amy' where she played Dr. Sally Godwin in one episode in 2003. Here she was back acting with Tyne Daly whom she starred with in ‘Cagney and Lacey’.
She won the Coalition for Clean Air Crystal Airwaves Media Award in 1987.
She married Barney Rosenzweig in 4th May 1991.
A female fan was sentenced to 6 years for breaking into her home with a rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition in 1990.
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