Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'

Sometimes when I'm swimming, I think that maybe someday I'll put my red Speedo up for auction. Or maybe I'll donate it to the Smithsonian. They can stuff it with two plums and a gherkin and put it on display.

When I was a kid I ate sports books up, like "Winners Never Quit" by Phil Pepe. That was like my bible.

Chemistry is really about two people who like to act together, I think. It's like tennis in the most cliched way. It's like if you hit the ball, they hit the ball back, and they don't hit it into the stands, and they don't put the ball in their pocket and walk off - and they don't argue with the umpire, you know?

In the U.S., oddly, we have images of men as arrogant and aggressive.

Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will.

I like my computer. But I don't know how to use it as well as the 10-year-old daughter.