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Quotes by Actress

"It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch the show and fall in love with you."

"She would go to Memphis and this was after our divorce. And I would send her to Memphis to be with him."

"Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers."

"I'm pretty gross. When I talk I can be gross and crude."

"Stop living a day at a time and stop worrying about age."

"I only knew basic western trail riding. Nothing fancy."

"What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy."

"I am the one who got myself fat, who did all the eating. So I had to take full responsibility for it."

"Yes, during the pilot, they gave me a little toy from the shop. It's like three little moose in a boat, paddling. It's very cute. And I got to keep some of the clothes."

"I'm always on the quest for something delicious and healthful."

"French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar."

"Talking about auditions, you never know what anyone else is thinking."

"Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance."


"I had no idea that he was going to write that, but I've always believed that insecurity was what would keep you always in your innocence, no matter what the business did."

"I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously."


"Butterfly was certainly a vehicle for me, and if it died, it still would have served its purpose, in spades. We never expected it to give me the visibility it has given me. It was just a small thing as a vehicle, and suddenly the whole world knew about it."

"There's no drugs, no Tom in a dress, no psychiatrists."

"When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses."

"You know, it's a big version of an episode, which I think is necessary at this point because we're drawing in people who not only people who have seen the show before and are devoted to it, but people who have never seen it before."

"You can have manic-depression without having an ounce of creativity."

"Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work."

"There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life."

"I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover."

"I didn't know what to do with myself. I wasn't excited by the teaching of the school. If they'd been intent on really teaching you things, I would have been a little more attentive."

"Zac Efron is like a brother who's just goofy and crazy. He plays a lot of practical jokes."

"I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that."

"You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'."
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