I was not a womanizer; I didn't date a lot. If I kissed somebody, I was basically married from that point on.

Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.

In television, and especially in a situation comedy, you kind of play yourself, or at least the essence of yourself.

I'd spent ten years in London, writing and performing my own comedy shows. They gave me the Cheers [scenes], and I thought it was the springboard for chatting about the show, because in England, that's what you do. So I walk in, and I'm looking around, and Jimmy Burrows said, "What are you looking at? You're not here to have a conversation; you're here to audition."

I was not a womanizer; I didn't date a lot. If I kissed somebody, I was basically married from that point on.

I was not looking for a sitcom, because the philosophy at that point was that you had to make a choice: Were you going to do movies or TV? You couldn't cross over.

I can't say I based [Carla] on anybody I knew. She was so foulmouthed and mean, just said what was on her mind. So I guess Carla is somebody I always wished I could be at the right moment, the one who always has the perfect comeback.