I can play a cat lady. I can't put my foot down and refuse to play anything but playing the perfect, well-adjusted woman, because those people aren't as fun or funny.

I would say the biggest difference is that a movie is a shorter, more encapsulated experience, and a TV job is like having a regular day job where you get to do what you love.

As an actor, you want to push yourself.

There are varied experiences of overweight women throughout the country; theres not just one experience.

A lot of times I play a fat woman with cats who has no boyfriends. And in real life, I'm allergic to cats and I've had a boyfriend since college.

I'm never happier than when I'm part of an ensemble. The rhythm of working in a group and the dynamic of each individual relationship within that group coming together is such a special thing.

The mind is an instrument made up of universal consciousness, egocentric consciousness, societal consciousness, along with education, values, virtues, judgment and wisdom.

Free the fire fluttering inside her rib cage. Work her muscles, the bow, the violin, until she played herself to ash and embers and left the rest of the world behind to smolder.

For his children, he would move mountains.

A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.

You have no idea how pleasant it is not to have any future. It's like having a totally efficient contraceptive.

Woman softens her own troubles by generously solacing those of others.

I try to take my interests and make them my work.

A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.

My career means the world to me and it's something I'm very proud of.

Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.