Thank god Shonda Rhimes had this agenda to make television look like life, to make it look like the real world.

I just worry about the girls who look up to me. I don't want them to think I starve myself or don't eat, and that to be like me that's what they have to do.

My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater.

I'm not saving anybody's life, I'm not a teacher, I'm not working for UNICEF. I don't think I'm some big deal.

I think for any actor to say they don't like attention is ridiculous. Of course we love attention. But getting attention is different than pretending the attention means something.

Acting can be an amazingly cathartic thing - especially for young girls.

Happiness is not that easy to achieve, but having a handsome husband, a beautiful baby, and a great job helps.