I like men to be men and I like them to care about me and to take care of me. I'm willing to let them do that.

People had been so attached to the Diane [Cheers] character that audiences and producers found it difficult to think of me in any other terms. It took some time before people would consider me for other parts.

The Cheers writers were the finest in television. But I felt like I was repeating myself; it bothered me a little bit. And I was getting movie offers, which made people think, "Oh, she's so snooty. She thinks she's going to do movies."

It's harder to write two people happy and in love than two people fighting and driving each other crazy.

If brains were money, you'd need to take out a loan to buy a cup of coffee.

Everyone wants the two characters to be together, but then once they are, it's not that much fun.

He[Ted Danson] was clearly not a football player, and not only physically. He didn't bring that attitude, that mentality. At the time, there was a [Red Sox] relief pitcher named Bill Lee, the "Spaceman." He was kind of nuts, as we found out a lot of relievers are.