Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.

I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.

One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.

I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger.

Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English.

We did talk about cheese on our first date.

There's something about this place, about Madison and Wisconsin and the Midwest, that's really comforting, ... Malcolm in the Middle.

Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.

When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself... but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself.

Student teaching is the hardest job there is.

For me, there's a big difference between having a baby in your 20s and having a baby in your 40s.

She headed for a wide flat rock on the creek's bank, her posture still demanding 'no trespassing' but no longer 'trespassers will be shot.

Food, a French man told me once, is the first wealth. Grow it right, and you feel insanely rich, no matter what you own.

Fancy language, like poplin, too often conceals an eczema.

Let me tell you, life is interesting regardless of when you are in the fight.

I think the biggest misconception about experimental film in general is that it is always difficult and inaccessible.

Love is the answer for the team's success.

You may not get what you paid for, but you will pay for what you get.

When I cut my hair, the whole sound changed, my style changed.

Anyone can be happy when times are good; the richer experience is to be happy when times are not

I like writing about big turning points, where professional and personal lives coalesce, where the boundaries are coming down, and you're faced with a set of choices which will change life forever.