I think I'm going to spend some time learning how to be a first-time mom, and then I'll go back to work.

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 enjoy playing characters where I get to sort of change my look, my voice. It's not about what she wears, it's about what she's got inside.

The one thing about being on 'ER' that has changed is that I'm more easily recognizable.

I'm trying not to put pressure on myself to decide what to do at this moment, and just sort of go with what's happening.

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.

Before I could talk, I would try to sing.