Don't wear fur! We're not living in caveman times. There are so many synthetic materials that are warmer than fur.
I love life, and I have a lot of gratitude. There have been a lot of bumps in the road, but my sense of humor gets me through a lot.
I love to work.
I'm a character actress.
If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit.
Teach your children how to behave with animals. Adopt a pet. Don't go buy one. Please. That's a sin. Let's get these puppy mills out of business.
We have to bring the humanity and compassion back.
She turned down many voiceover roles in animated shows for being too violent.
She does a lot of charity work, and in 2006 opened an animal shelter in Los Angeles made entirely of environmentally-friendly material.
She is a Sephardic Jew.
She previously worked with her Will & Grace co-star Debra Messing on the short-lived sci-fi series Prey.
She attended the wedding of her Will & Grace co-star Megan Mullally in 2003.
Just before Will and Grace began, Shelley asked her agent specifically to not give her anymore "maid jobs".
In 2003, Shelley was charged with shoplifting in California. She was fined $300 and banned from the store the theft occurred for a year.
She guest starred on the ground breaking show SOAP in the first season as a maid in the 12th episode.