I'd rather go back to waitressing than play a character that I hate.

I'd rather go back to waitressing than play a character that I hate.

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.

Do what you love doing.

I am a big believer in women's lib, but I love when a man holds a door for me.

I can tend to over-think things.

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 don't see scary movies. I've never seen 'The Exorcist' or 'Jaws'.

I drink too much coffee.

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.

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 love being my husband's wife.

I love being one half of a romantic couple.

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 think the whole under-eye-bag thing is hereditary, and I just got lucky.

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.

I'm a believer in 'Ignorance is bliss.'

I'm one of those strange people: I really love going to the gym.

I'm the kind of person who always has to be on time and I'm incredibly professional.

I've done so many independent movies I'm sure no one will ever see, but I've loved the work.

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.

Isn't there a danger with Tweeting, like drunk dialing? Isn't there a drunk Tweeting danger?

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

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.

Small gestures can have a big impact.

Believe anything is possible and then work like hell to make it happen.

TV is a much more female friendly environment.

In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes.

I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation.

But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he's in a place where I wouldn't have expected him to be - taking on the responsibility of a woman who is pregnant and who used to be his best friend's wife.

Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't matter if there are thousands of dollars, millions behind it, or if there is nothing.

Each of us is meant to have a character all our own, to be what no other can exactly be, and do what no other can exactly do.

I liked Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, and that is the kind of character that I would like to have played. That would have been more in tune with who I really was.

It's the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to film. You certainly discover that you need to explain more about a character.

In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character.

The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.

So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character.

I've been on the show for six years and I don't even know what her history is. I sort of make things up in my mind, but I think it's hard for an audience to follow and invest in a character when they don't have the details.

It is not true that drink changes a man's character. It may reveal it more clearly.

Because I killed a guy in real life, and because my character kills a guy onstage, they said I could never do anything this great again. I resented that.

Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up - and we start. And I live this character for two hours. There are only two of us in the play. And It's a complete experience.

I just kind of understood it, and I threw my love for others and love for life into the character, and was having a blast. I loved playing Dharma. I loved it!

I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow.

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers.

Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives.

To be a character who feels a deep emotion, one must go into the memory's vault and mix in a sad memory from one's own life.

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.