Men stop trying after a while and get lazy.

Scientologists view children as spiritual beings.

I am truly grateful and thankful for all your support.

I believe that people should be able to question things.

There's a lot involved in going to the bathroom for women.

I love men who know when to put their foot down and when not to.

The guy has to kill the spider and get the dead mouse outta the pool.

I used to do skits for my mom... and I was always entertaining as a kid.

I don't want to be doing a show that's negative, that's filled with drama.

If you don't care about somebody, you don't even bother to fight with them.

It keeps you grounded, you lead a regular life and you appreciate things more.

I love a man in a suit. Men should stay clothed, even if they have nice bodies.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself. You are evil.

I applaud my mother now for getting me through that time and making me believe in myself.

What Scientology offers is a bigger game. You're part of an elite group saving the planet.

I've really come to realize you have to love yourself before you can expect someone else to.

I was always religious. I was baptized as a Catholic. I got my daughter baptized as a Catholic.

You have to learn to believe you deserve love. And I'm getting there. I'm starting to believe it.

I believe that people should value family and value friendships and hold those things sacrosanct.

There shouldn't be any kind of judgment towards somebody who has a belief system that is not yours.

I have a big mouth, and I have a temper, so that's not good for people. That's not good for executives.

There's things you can say about me, but here's what you can't say about me: that I'm not being genuine.

I loved 'King of Queens'... You can't spend that amount of time somewhere and not pick that as your favorite.

But inside, I'm going, 'Oh my God, is my zipper up? Do I have a booger in my nose?' That's my inner monologue.

Although I do have a sailor's mouth, it's not attractive for me to hear men cursing. That kinda talk is not charming.

When it mattered the most, my mother was there for me. It was the moment that erased all those days she wasn't there.

When you get your show - that's what 'King of Queens' was for me. That was my part; that was my show - I was meant to have that part.

Men have just come up to me and asked for my number right away. That doesn't work. You have to know somebody and have a conversation.

I'm not a neat freak. I don't mind things being messy but I mind them being dirty. I just can't relax in a dirty environment. I like things organized.

I would do another talk show if it was the way that I wanted to do it. Like, you can't tell me what we're talking about, and I want to hear real stuff.

Are you trying to give me a hint that I should drop it? I can lose the accent; I just have to really focus on what I'm saying. And I have to talk slowly.

I've always had a show that went seven episodes or 13 episodes or whatever. And I've never had a show that's gone past a first season. It really is a lot of work.

Because Scientologists view children as spiritual beings, you're not treated as a kid, so you're given a lot of responsibility. Your ego becomes extremely inflated.

My actions and the things I say and do, I wonder if they have an effect on my daughter and the way she's going to be as a person. I just want her to be a good person.

I don't want to be known as this bitter, ex-Scientologist. I'm not trying to bash anybody, and I'm not trying to be controversial. I just want people to know the truth.

My family is not so different from the rest of America. I think people love to see that, 'Oh, just because she's on television and in Hollywood, I can still relate to her.'

My grandmother lived on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy, and she used to go to church every day. She'd go in, light a candle, she'd pray, and as a child, that was comforting to me.

In my house, it's family first - but I was spending most of my time at the church. So, I was saying 'family first,' but I wasn't showing that. I didn't like the message that sent my daughter.

Nicole Kidman was an inspiration to me at the time I left the church. Knowing that she went on to have a successful and happy life, both personally and professionally, helped to give me confidence.

I didn't want to raise my daughter in the church because from what I experienced and what I saw, the church becomes everything - your mother, your father, your everything. You are dependent on the church.

I always felt like I was kind of an outsider because I didn't have the right things. I didn't have a Cadillac. I didn't have, you know, plastic on my furniture. That was the right way to be if you were Italian.

I envision Hollywood as a race, and some people simply drop off before their turn comes around. It's all about stamina - your ability to get back up and keep going even though everything is pointing at the odds not being in your favor.

I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that.

I'm not an atheist. I do have faith in God. I do not judge people for their faith. I judge people who use religion to hurt people. I don't believe in a religion that shuns people for their beliefs, or that you should hurt people for their beliefs.

The decision to leave [the church] is you're giving up everything you've worked for your whole life. I feel that people need to understand this has been my whole life. As time goes on, you start to lose touch with the real world. The mindset becomes us against them.

As a kid, I remember wondering why we lived in an apartment, not in a brownstone, and why we drove an LTD, not a Cadillac. Even now, I'm like that. If I'm on the 5th floor, I will wonder why I'm not on the 6th floor. But that was my drive. I was obsessed with my family having a better life.

If you really look at the numbers at the entertainment industry, in comparison to the small number of Scientologists that are celebrities, the number wouldn't even register. I think Scientology has done an amazing job convincing people that there is a great number of celebrities in the "Church."

Oddly, moving to L.A. had nothing to do with me wanting to be an actress. My mother had a friend who was willing to take us in for a month until we could get on our feet. So we lived on her floor. It was pretty traumatic, but I found my strength through my mother in that time because she never once made us feel like we wouldn't be OK.

There's a lot of things that are good in Scientology, because I wouldn't have been in it. And that's the thing: a lot of people trivialize this thing, like, 'Oh, it's Xenu, and it's a volcano, and it's jumping on couches and acting crazy.' These people are victims. We've been victimized. We believed in something because it starts out very normal.

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