Jane Kaczmarek Quotes

I grew up playing in an alley on the south side of Milwaukee.

Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English.

One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.

For me, there's a big difference between having a baby in your 20s and having a baby in your 40s.

Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.

Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.

Gardening is peaceful, yet there is a great element of failure. It's the perfect metaphor for life -- a lot of pleasure, then it's over. There's great satisfaction in tending something, feeling it needs you, even if it's just a plant on your windowsill.

We did talk about cheese on our first date.

Tennis lets you talk while you're playing.

There's something about this place, about Madison and Wisconsin and the Midwest, that's really comforting, ... Malcolm in the Middle.

I think it's a pretty good day if I can get through it without lifting a finger.

When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself... but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself.

Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.

Student teaching is the hardest job there is.