There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard.

I was a total nerd growing up. I'd rather sit home and read a novel on New Year's Eve and say, 'Wow, I read the whole thing in one night!' That was my idea of a big time.

I'm a light comedienne, that's really where I live the most often.

Bill Clinton was relentless, eloquent and truly charming.

The average actor might only be able to book six to eight guest star jobs a year - that would be high. So when you start doing the math, you can't live on that in Los Angeles.

There was a time when I was enamored of the Clintons. I knocked on doors, phone-banked and rallied during his campaign.

I used to do theater in L.A., but it got to the point where everything was really showcase-y.

Cause sometimes what makes you two is shadow and you.

It is no ipso facto escape from dogma to assert (knowingly or not) non-dogmatism dogmatically.It is no ipso facto escape from credulity to believe in one's own scepticism.

I sat down at the table, took a deep breath, smiled at Detective Masterson, and nodded at Deputy Slalom. It was going to be a great summer. Normal.

Your ups and downs in sports, I think they are as normal as daily life: One day you wake up and feel great, the next day you wake up and feel maybe less great.

Being in New York City is the best because I'm always walking, taking the subway and walking up and down the stairs - whether you like it or not, you're going to get exercise.

The character thing really is sort of, for me, personally, rather ancient history.

Boredom is not an end-product, is comparatively rather an early stage in life and art. You've got to go by or past or through boredom, as through a filter, before the clear product emerges.

Respect the building blocks, master the fundamentals, and the potential is unlimited

The Red Comyns had always done well behind the throne. The king was but an instrument, as his father used to say. They were the musicians.