I love being my husband's wife.Collection: Anniversary
A good wife is someone who thinks she has done everything right: raising the kids, being there for the husband, being home, trying to do it all.Collection: Home
If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day.Collection: Smile
The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people's birthdays.Collection: Birthday
I love being one half of a romantic couple.Collection: Romantic
I don't have a lot of stomach for people who don't show up to a set knowing their lines because you're keeping 150 people waiting.
I love making money, but you can't live your life waiting to get rich in a job that no longer feeds you artistically.
I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny, because when we found out we were pregnant, I said, 'Okay, let's experience that.' You just have to just go with it because it's rare.
I know this is going to sound corny, but I love my life. I love my baby, so I love getting to wake up with him. And I have the most amazing job, with writing that any actor would love and costars who I can't wait to see on Monday mornings. And I love coming home to my husband.
I was never much of a kid person. I mean, I thought they were cute to look at, but I didn't want them in my house.
I would have gone to law school, or gotten a psychology degree. I wasn't interested in sleeping on a futon forever. And what happened is I walked into auditions, and I had nothing to lose, because I had a backup plan.
It's one thing in this business to actually work. 5 percent of the Screen Actors' Guild works. It's another thing to do work that's satisfying and that people are loving.
I've always had a tomboy quality to me that I embrace and don't run away from. At the same time I'm a real girlie-girl.
That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play.
I don't understand executives that pit women against each other, the fact that they brought in 'Body of Proof,' Dana Delaney is a friend of mine, and the two of us were just rolling our eyes, it's like, of course, you finally have two great female leads and you're going to put us on against each other.
I feel responsible that everyone has a really wonderful experience and to do the best work possible, and to always know my lines and to always be on time and to bring a level to the show in terms of quality that other people will follow.
The room is full of such talent. It's a beautiful thing about the SAG Awards. It's the most rewarding room to be in as an actor.
I think that power comes in numbers, and we're in an industry where the actors need to have a bigger voice.
The best thing a person can be is of-some-use.Collection: Use
I have learned to go fully in the face of my dreams. I would recommend you do the same. Now is the time in your life to be selfish. To explore. To take chances. Remember being selfish is not the same as being self-indulgent. You have the gift of time. Use it to do what you love. Believe anything is possible and then work like hell to make it happen.Collection: Dream
Believe anything is possible and then work like hell to make it happen.Collection: Inspirational
The power of saying no is so much more than the power of saying yes.Collection: Saying Yes
What a wonderful time for women on television.Collection: Television
I'm too old-school to tweet.Collection: School
I'm one of those pathetic actors who will say yes to every play reading just because I do miss the stage so much. What I really miss about the theater is that in the end, it's yours to give. In television and film, it's yours to do and someone else's to take and someone else's to give. As much as I love television - the biggest luxury of all is to know that you have a job to go to - I do miss that connection and having that power over my own performance on stage.Collection: Jobs
You never stop learning your craft. That's the key to success within yourself as an actor.Collection: Keys
You do your best work when you feel safe.Collection: Safe
The hardest thing about being an actor, and especially when you're a woman trying to also have a family and a relationship, is to maintain some sort of normalcy. With television, you might not be home a lot, but you have a routine.Collection: Home
My love life is nobody's business... if I give it to 40 million people to read, what do I have left when I go home? I'm protective of my personal life that way.Collection: Business
The Emmys are honestly very unpredictable. I mean, have you looked at my Emmy record? I was nominated 6 times for ER and won once.Collection: Mean
As you get older, all the things your parents said to you when you were younger ring true, but when you're younger, you reject them.Collection: Parent