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I'm enjoying being a woman on-screen.
Before I could talk, I would try to sing.
We hurt each other because we care about each other.
I'm a huge Ang Lee fan and a huge Larry McMurtry fan.
I think, you know, actors rely on each other all the time.
I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years.
The one thing about being on 'ER' that has changed is that I'm more easily recognizable.
I think in real life most of us don't know how to communicate our deepest feelings very well.
Life keeps moving, and to try to stay still is like trying to hold grains of sand in your hand.
I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam.
Just because someone isn't working at an office doesn't mean they're not working hard at something.
I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.
My mom is a very independent person, and she's the funniest, smartest person in the room, all the time.
I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work.
I've always loved donuts. I can't go near one or eat one, because then I'm just done for. I always want more.
Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.
'Out There' has more of a 'Freaks And Geeks' feel to it, while 'Gravity Falls' has more of a 'Scooby Doo' feel.
I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening.
Some people go through a rebellious phase, and they separate and understand that they're not who their family thinks they are.
My first-ever celebrity crush was Val Kilmer from 'Top Secret!' Not his biggest film, but I remember loving him in that movie.
There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.
After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.
Yes, I'm very close to my family. And being that close to your family, I think you also struggle with how to become your own person.
Michael Keaton is amazing. He's one of my favorite actors. To get to work with him was a privilege and really was a wonderful thing.
I enjoy playing characters where I get to sort of change my look, my voice. It's not about what she wears, it's about what she's got inside.
Everything seems to take on a new meaning when you become a parent and you put yourself in the shoes of the parent, not the shoes of the child.
I thought, 'When I get pregnant, someone will be looking for a pregnant woman. I'll do a movie about a pregnant woman.' But that didn't happen.
Living in Florida, I keep the sun out of my face as much as possible with a nice sun hat, sunglasses, and a sundress I can wear for all occasions.
I love to work on a set whether it's mostly men or mostly women, but there's something about being in a community of women that changes the energy.
You can be a woman in charge of a production and still be generous and kind and insightful and decisive without being considered a butch in any way.
I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.
I was extremely close with my parents. Breaking away from that is a double-edged sword: It's something you need to do, but it's hard to cut the apron strings.
I think some of the most important things we read about other people occurs from being able to read their faces and their eyes and their body and those kinds of things.
People who have no idea it's me when they first see me playing something, and later they realize, 'That's her from whatever it is,' it's a great compliment that they can forget.
I think you have to have a little bit of a screw loose to think that you can [become an actor] because the odds are so against you. I was just crazy enough to think I could do it.
I like watching the other actors, but the hard thing about watching yourself is that the performance is done, and no matter how you'd like to tweak it, there's nothing you can do.
When I was a kid, 'Scooby Doo' was, hands down, my favorite cartoon. Even when I was older, when I was in college studying and I needed to tune out for a while, I'd watch 'Scooby Doo.
When I was a kid, 'Scooby Doo' was, hands down, my favorite cartoon. Even when I was older, when I was in college studying and I needed to tune out for a while, I'd watch 'Scooby Doo.'
One thing I like about trying to write is that I can possibly write myself a role. Otherwise, you're at the mercy of whatever roles are out there that people are willing to give to you.
I like diversity; I want one character to be very different from the next. I love to live with a character for a long time if I can, but I like one character to be different from the next.
I have sort of the career where, if you are a fan, you've been following me for a while, and you really like something that I've done, so meeting those people is always a really gracious experience.
Regardless of how you feel about war and peace those serving military are doing a duty for the rest of us and they're protecting a way of life that they sometimes come back to and it's not close to them.
I started in theatre, moved into film and television, and started doing voice work, which is funny because after a long time in film and television, you forget how much you rely on just a simple look on your face.
More and more, I realise I have a distinct voice, which I didn't realise! You know, it's just my voice. I had no idea. A lot of times, people will say now, 'I recognised you from your voice,' which is interesting to me.
I remember when I took the role on E.R., I thought, 'I haven't really been able to play a working class woman. I've played girls, I've played funny, but I haven't played a working class woman. That sounds like something I'd like to do.
I remember when I took the role on E.R., I thought, 'I haven't really been able to play a working class woman. I've played girls, I've played funny, but I haven't played a working class woman. That sounds like something I'd like to do.'
The first time I ever experienced someone hating something I did on television was on 'Boy Meets World.' I remember these kids coming up to me and calling me a 'home-wrecker,' and so I had flashes of that going into my role on 'Mad Men.'
You know, the hard thing about audiences not liking what a character does is that they sometimes take it out on the actor personally. That's something that you know when you become an actor or actress, but it's always hard to deal with when it actually happens.
One of my favorite things to do is not to speak on screen. In theater it's different because there's a lot of emphasis on language - it's a different medium. But that is one of the most wonderful things about film. A person's face can say so much more than their voice can.
I have a sister, in particular, who's 13 years older than me. So growing up and watching her - watching her go to work, especially - was hugely influential to me. As the youngest, with a sibling that's a decade older, I had certain things that I would go to her about instead of my mother.