Mediocrity is underrated..

My favorite scene in all of movies is Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird: You see him where he's on the porch, and his face is almost completely o….

The theater is who I am - it's where I feel the most inspired, the most at home, the most useful..

I don't get tired of hearing that somebody liked my work..

You can never really tell, it's kind of a red herring until you see the project I think. You just know if you like working with someone or not, and h….

People have a problem with me being different, but that propels me forward in life..

Unless you got a really good reason, you should be nice..

I certainly was never the pretty girl at school, but I can go to a lot of different places with this face..

I never know why people come up to me. I think a lot of them just get super-excited because they recognize me from TV but they don't remember where..

I don't live in Los Angeles and I don't do a lot of superfluous press..

People ask me, 'Why are you doing a show on Showtime?' Because I'll do anything really, I don't really care, I'll do a show on Nickelodeon if I thoug….

I put a lot of stock in the written word, and the power of it. That's what I love about acting and reading scripts. Words are really powerful. I don'….

We're dodging bullets and this is right after we've just seen [inaudible] shot and we're running and the woman who John accused of being out to kill ….

I haven't read the comic book. I didn't even know there was one until about halfway though. Helen Mirren and I were talking about that actually, who ….

I really like the director [for Weeds]. I don't know if you've spoken to him yet but he's really, really intelligent. He was just really kind when I ….

I just get to go to work with such great actors who are so talented, especially Elizabeth (Perkins). You are so wonderful and kind and good and wonde….

Just when I got out of school, I seemed to get hired for a lot of dramatic things, and people tend to remember you how they've seen you the first tim….

It's good to feel stupid sometimes and do things that are out of your comfort zone..

One person's crazy is another person's refreshing..

I enjoy cooking and baking. Alicia Silverstone's vegan cookbook is awesome..

I just want to make lunches and organize my kids' playroom..