I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them

I really wanted to be nasty and mean and bad. It's so much easier than being the good girl

My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks.

A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders.

People work really hard to get to a certain point. But they have to work just as hard to stay there

In acting there's two different things: You're either pitching in a scene, or you're catching.

Actors love mental disorders, dialects, and corsets. Give them one of the three and they're happy

I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well

I'm attracted to roles where I don't have to wear makeup.

After I read all the medical journals and watched all the documentaries, I still didn't understand the physical sensation of ticking and where it comes from and what it feels like

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.

Music is the true elixir of life.

People can act so nice, bringing you food and all, but in the end they are nothing but buzzards. Waiting to pick your bones.

Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

Sail on ship of state, sail on, I union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, with all its hopes of future years, is hanging on thy fate!

I was lucky to receive help at the beginning of my career and now I want to help other writers as much as I can.

We know that you must be very Upset and sad But just to let you know That we are here for you Should you need Help and support At this very sad and hard time That you must be going through

When it comes to 'Glee,' I feel like I've been in a relationship, and now I can mingle a bit.

The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech.