I never dreamed about being on a hit television series. I've never really related my dreams to that specific of a work goal. I was always enjoying the moment. Acting, writing, looking for roles and getting involved with people and trying to create something that would be entertaining to people. With "E.R." we were all very lucky to get this combination of people together in the right story in the right way to take it to the level it has reached.

So I was hugely thrilled that my first scene ever on camera was with Hal Holbrook.

Flying back from New York, the flight attendant said 'God, I wished you were here yesterday, we had a stroke on the plane.' I said, 'If I have a stroke on a plane, I hope the pretend doctor isn't the one on the plane. I want a real doctor.'

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.

I love being a part of something that is grassroots, and you can see the actual changes, the effect of what people do.

You know, you never say never because before I did 'ER,' I always said 'I'll never do a TV series,' so that's what I said.

Knock wood, but I started acting professionally when I was 16, and I've always been able to support myself since then.