I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see..

Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive..

I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth..

For me, it's owning the fact that I have a sensitive disposition along with a rampant imagination that makes up stories and convinces me they're true….

I am a private human..

I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.'.

I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think wh….

But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on….

Success isn't about winning everything; it’s about achieving your dream, be that teaching middle school or flying jets. And no matter what we as indi….

I had a very old woman come up to me on the subway and tell me that the faces that I made in the first episode when a guy is going down on me, that s….

I'm a little bit of a weirdo - I'm kind of a loner, I didn't go to college, I spend a lot of my time reading. I've been working since I was 17, so th….

I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. ….

My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out..

I hate that we look at women who choose not to run a country as having given up. I get angry that, when a woman decides to hold off on gunning for a ….

I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented pla….

We kept the old male ideas of success: power and money. We need new ones!.

Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it..

A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't..

I don't know if I would call myself a religious human..

My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me..

People idealize or reminisce about their 20s, but nobody tells you beforehand that it's hard and unglamorous and often very unpleasant..