"I don't work a five-day week as a rule, and I've managed to fill that time up. It hasn't been that hard. I volunteer at school. I'm working because I love it. Yet, I don't not envy women who have a stay-at-home job, because you miss stuff."

"I know it may seem surprising to people, but learning dialog that has a conversational flow to it is not that difficult."

"I would have ten children. I think they are the most fascinating, and it's the only thing in the world that hasn't been overrated."

"I guess I strike people as very serious, or very intense."

"The fact is that daytime television is less valued than nighttime, and it's partly because of the product that we produce. We do a one-hour show in 12 hours. Nighttime produces a one-hour show in seven to nine days."

"There was never a point in my life where I gave up. My marriage, as you know, fell apart."