My family had all kinds of complications in relationships. I would like to meet the person who did not. Since when is being absolutely perfect what being a human is? What do we gain from that?

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

People relate to things that feel real to them. All the good, happy, over-sexed and moneyed endings on TV are not the way most of us feel in our lives. The success of 'E.R.,' I think, is not relying on overly sentimental stories that are solved where people's lives wrap up nicely with happy endings.

Be what you are. Don't change yourself for anything. God made you that way for a reason.

I was spoiled by theater, where there is no editor.

I'm the youngest of five kids, and I wanted attention. And in Santa Barbara, there was lots of theater going on, so for that area, it was a little bit like playing Little League baseball. There were dance classes, theater classes, and I just loved it.

I didn't start jogging or running until I was 37 years old. It was something that really helped me change my life.