Acting is the only thing I ever really wanted to do, and I'm really ill-prepared to do anything else.

The only other thing that interested me as a kid was being a bricklayer. So if I hadn't become an actress, I would probably be a bricklayer.

I'm probably the most introverted extrovert you'll ever meet. Up until I got this show I was constantly told, 'She was really good, but she's just not cute enough.'

If I didn't have fake nails, my fingers would be bloody stumps.

When all of a sudden, people say, 'Wow, you look nice,' and carry on, it's shocking. Really awkward.

We've had some really good guest stars. But I have to go with Alec Baldwin as my favorite. He is so neat and such a movie star. He's handsome and quirky. I was in heaven the week he was on the set.

I learned how but I have a terrible paranoia and fear. I do not drive an automobile.

To be perfectly honest, drama is a lot simpler than comedy.

I still don't know quite what I'm supposed to do or be.

I'm pretty captivated by reality TV and I know that as an actor I probably shouldn't be saying that, but it's what I like to watch.

I cannot cook to save my life. I'm really frighteningly useless, when you get down to it.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.

Knowing who you are begins in the mind.

There is room in the human heart for all the divinities.

We have a great responsibility. Whatever we make will become the truth, the visual reality that a generation will accept.

Pigs are dirty, but I will tell you something dirtier: Liars! Untruth always smells like rotten garbage!

I believe profoundly in the importance of museums; I would go as far as to say that you can judge a society by the quality of its museums.

When I have the choice to do something I don't want to do, I most often – most always – do it anyway.

Words transform. Speak only with a good purpose. Say only things that serve you and others. Choose your words wisely.

If you've a story, make sure it's a whole one, with details close to hand. It's the difference between a good lie and getting caught.

My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.