When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone.

You can't just play crazy. It makes you push yourself to stay in the realm of reality. And when you do that, it's a lot funnier. That's my favorite, when you think it's a real strange person and not just someone being wacky.

Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought.

It's like I'm managing to achieve all this success in spite of my affliction ... Would you ever put that in the headline for a male star?

Once you start writing a character visually, you're in trouble.

I think the reason I'm an actress is because I love playing kind of a more extreme people.

I'm always tinkering with something - suddenly I'll think I can work with wood, but then I'll realize I can't, so I go back to sewing.