I have lots of friends and, like me, they're not married. So my kids have lots of godparents - men and women, gay and straight. My loft is always fil….

I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're s….

Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've n….

The world gets very small after a while, if you stick around long enough..

I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many people who are both, and I relate to those kinds of peop….

My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all my boyfriends wer….

But I've always been hard to cast, I've never been an ingenue, I've never been the romantic lead. I'm an actor; give me the script and I do what I do….

I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last num….

It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult….

One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people..

Writers, actors, anybody working on an ensemble-type thing, there are going to be some creaks in the beginning. It seems like there's tremendous pote….

As a single mom, I'm juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return is a mother who is energi….

I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else..

I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt..

I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest..

I grew up as a tomboy. I was always barefoot, running races with the guys on the block, climbing trees, and beating kids up..

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it..

All I ever wanted to do was act. And pay my bills.

I don't watch a lot of television..

There is no question that sobriety has made me a better actor, made me a better person..

I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that..