There are not that many jobs as an actor where you don't get to know what your character will be doing from episode to episode.

I have sort of the career where, if you are a fan, you've been following me for a while, and you really like something that I've done, so meeting those people is always a really gracious experience.

I think some of the most important things we read about other people occurs from being able to read their faces and their eyes and their body and those kinds of things.

Yes, I'm very close to my family. And being that close to your family, I think you also struggle with how to become your own person.

I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.

I remember when I took the role on E.R., I thought, 'I haven't really been able to play a working class woman. I've played girls, I've played funny, but I haven't played a working class woman. That sounds like something I'd like to do.

I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years.