GQ, October 2012

“Long: There was scuttlebutt about me talking too much and being passionate about Diane. But I thought, ‘That’s my job. That’s what I’m supposed to do… Don’t tell me not to get involved in the discussion.’

Danson: Shelley’s process would have infuriated you if it had been mean or if it hadn’t been purposeful. But it was purposeful– it was her way of being Diane– and there’s not a mean bone in Shelley’s body. I had trouble hanging around her until we stood onstage together and then I was in heaven.“

– Shelley Long and Ted Danson, as quoted in “The Best Show That’s Ever Been” in GQ, October 2012. Image not from article.