 in a volley of ideas and sometimes butting of heads together, it wouldn't have come out as good as it did. Shelly Duvall grew up in Fort Worth, Texas and never intended to become an actress. She was discovered by chance by director Robert Altman in town preparing to film a movie. They said, how would you like to be in a movie? Quote, how would you like to be in a movie? I couldn't believe it. I said, I'm not an actress. And they said, yes, you are. And I said, no, I'm not. Casting her in Brewster McCloud in 1970.