” You know as far as diet goes, for a while I was really obsessed with counting fat grams along with the rest of the world. “
” Lately, I just let myself eat it more because I think, ‘Oh, my God, a piece of cheese tastes so good’. I think it’s your body telling you something. “
” I quit smoking the day I found out I was pregnant, which was nine years ago. But I’ll still smoke in a movie. I have other vices, you know, like potato chips and chardonnay – but not together. “
” It’s fun to do accents, it’s fun to do different periods – that’s why you become an actor. Because it’s fun to be a storyteller and play make-believe. “
” It makes a huge difference in how you feel, the way your costume holds you. When you look at yourself in the mirror, it makes you feel a certain way. Actors like to talk a lot about working from the inside out, but there’s a lot to be said also about working from the outside in. It can be extremely helpful. “
” The networks have to answer to their sponsors. That’s the difficult thing you learn. “
” I was always snobby about soap operas, and commercials, too, but one does have to eat. I remember auditioning for a commercial for a mouthwash or chewing gum or something, and I had to pretend to be the back end of somebody in a horse costume. After that, I said, ‘That’s it. That’s it. You’ve sunk too far! “
” I didn’t become an actor for the money, so I can’t stay with a job for that reason. I did too many years of theater where you just get by from month to month, happily, to make that a priority. “
” When you do a half-hour show, there’s only so much you can do. At best, you’re going to get a character with two-and-a-half dimensions. “
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