I would have gone to law school, or gotten a psychology degree. I wasn't interested in sleeping on a futon forever. And what happened is I walked into auditions, and I had nothing to lose, because I had a backup plan.

My love life is nobody's business... if I give it to 40 million people to read, what do I have left when I go home? I'm protective of my personal life that way.

I don't have a lot of stomach for people who don't show up to a set knowing their lines because you're keeping 150 people waiting.

If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day.

I'd rather go back to waitressing than play a character that I hate.

If you are on a TV series and you have a hard time disassociating from that character when you get home, your love life is going to suffer, your children are going to suffer, your friends will suffer.

I drink too much coffee.