If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.

One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress.

One of the things I love about acting is other actors, looking into their eyes, and working off them, and listening and responding to them.

Someone said I wasn't attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha.

It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.

I love wasting time and learning to lip-sync to songs; it's a silly hobby of mine.

I'm afraid of flying.

It's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling.

Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?

I never stop. I don't want to stop acting because I'm afraid it'll all end, so I never say no.

I trust other people to tell me if it's too far or tasteless, because there's not too much that I won't do. I like to push the limits. Obviously, that's more dangerous and more fun for everybody.

Just think of it as a picnic with guns and monsters instead of mosquitoes and ants. Do we have fun or what?

It was only much later that he was made flesh and blood [in the Gospels] on paper. Thus Christ was created as a literary creation.

If i can't be your true love, i want to be your worst nightmare.

Waiting and waiting and waiting... for somebody to reply... but nobody is going to reply.

[The Americans] believe in the idea that a child shouldn't be consigned to poverty just because of circumstances of their birth.

It's what actors call a big, juicy part, when you're a leading man. I don't get a lot of those. I get a lot of supporting things.

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike.

It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lie there and grunt is.

We realize that Judaism as a faith can survive only in an atmosphere of general faith.

I'm a T-shirts, sweatpants and jeans kind of gal, I dress really simply and comfortably.