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.

There was a time there when I thought going out was so fun. I don't know how it happens, but suddenly that's not a priority anymore.

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

Life's a lot easier when you're dumb.

I’m the youngest in my family and everyone is very funny, and I was always trying to keep up with them. I just loved making people laugh.

[Detractors] are just wrong, and that's okay. They just don't see it yet. That's what I would tell myself to keep those moments of doubt, only moments.

An actress, around 40, on television, that's where you get the most torture, I think.