The performances make you want to get back out there and try something new and challenge yourself.

As a person, you want to feel like you're giving back. That's something I've always enjoyed doing.

You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.

My mother was a teacher. She was grooming my brother and me to be successful, accomplished people.

I do have 14 tattoos, but I also do come home every single night and watch reality TV with my cat.

I cannot imagine my hometown without forests, and I cannot imagine the earth turned into a desert.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.

I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others.

I especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that.

When you want something so badly, you just do it. You don't think about how hard it's going to be.

When I'm home, I'm just mom. We're a normal, regular family doing normal, regular types of things.

The Summer Book is beautiful and warm, with the kind of wisdom we can adapt to our everyday lives.

Well, we have theatrical parties. It's not me singing. People like to get up and jam on the piano.

I try to find some similarities between myself and the characters, even if it's the tiniest thing.

I know that some people think differently about pilots, but I really enjoyed shooting 'Awakening'.

The weight is off my shoulders. I don't live in the past anymore. I look forward, instead of back.

Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury.

One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.

I once had someone say to me in an interview, 'You are more ugly on the screen than in real life.'

Nutella. I dig my spoon in and eat it straight out of the jar. I can easily go through one a week.

Of course I didn't have a boyfriend then. I didn't even have a camp boyfriend then [at age of 13].

I remember listening to 'Maniac' and running around and thinking I'm going to be somebody someday.

I think my strength as a performer is my ability to straddle the fence between comedy and tragedy.

I had married, had a child. I was content to stay at home. I had let go of the fantasy of stardom.

The more prepared I am, the more I'll be in control, less nervous, less stressed and more focused.

It took me about eight years to put together the program that I have been living for twenty years.

It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.

I took piano lessons when I was like 5 or 6 but that was a long time ago. I stopped when I was 13.

I was in seventh grade, and getting a part in Full House was huge. It opened so many doors for me.

When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.

H is for Hardware store: I'd rather go to the hardware store than the opera. And I like the opera.

A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold.

Acting was far from my world. I rarely saw a play. I never met a real actress; they seemed unreal.

I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.

The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children.

I like army boots, I like peasant skirts - sometimes together! So I do know that I have odd taste.

I try to live with the idea that karma is a very real thing. So I put out what I want to get back.

You have to assume everything is going to end up online, even if you're alone in a hotel elevator.

When I was 14, I thought I was the coolest kid in school because I told everyone the jokes in FHM.

If we're ever seen having a public spat in a coffee shop, I think the concept of romance will die.

Ive been on one TV series after another. None of the network decisions have ever made sense to me.

I've definitely had times in my life where I've been depressed and not able to do anything at all.

There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it

I need a break. I've been working for about a year and a half. I think I'd like to go to Pakistan.

Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.

I was considered the black sheep of the family, neighbours didn't want their kids playing with me.

I was exhausted from fake partying. I was like, "I just danced for nine hours. Goodnight, ladies!"

I honestly think being single's great. Being in a relationship's great. It's all about the timing.

If you imagine whipping your skin every day, that's what it does and it's a full prosthetic piece.

If you're going to have someone win because of their story, go write a screenplay about your life.

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