We treat sex so casually and use it for everything but what it is-which is ultimately making another human being with thoughts and feelings and rights

I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person.

From elementary school on up through junior high school, I loved to perform. But I put it all away during high school and college. I thought, "That's not actually something you do with your life." But then I was compelled to try it after college. I just got overcome.

We wanted to do a woman on a reality show because that's what's happening right now-it's part of our culture.

You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.

My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person.

I'll accept being Phoebe to people for a while longer, given how much fun it was. That's totally fair.