I have trouble describing characters because there is just too much going on in human beings.

You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field where it is difficult to stand out. Over time, through your work, you will demonstrate who you are and what you bring to the field. Just stay with it and keep working.

I always felt like I could be funny, but there was a part of me that always judged actors so harshly... I thought all actors were dumb-that they must have serious emotional problems. Even if they don't, that's the perception I had of them. I didn't want anyone to see me that way.

I have trouble describing characters because there is just too much going on in human beings.

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

I wanted to be the kind of woman who would attract a certain kind of man that I could respect. That was my thinking. It had to do with the kind of couple I would be a part of.

I'd played dumbasses a lot. On Mad About You, I played a very dumb waitress and they saw me.