You have to remember that actors are human beings. Which is hard sometimes because they look so much better than human beings.

I really admire stand-up, and I think I would have loved to learn how to do it. I think it's terrifying and thrilling. A really cool thing to do. It's a dying art, in a way.

It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.

I had to get back to work... NBC has me under contract; the baby and I only have a verbal agreement.

I keep my eyes on the sea, waiting to be rocketed into it on a wave of fire. I'll be ready for it to happen and that way it won't happen. It's a burden, being able to control situations with my hyper-vigilance, but its my lot in life.

I am constantly amazed by Tina Fey. And I am Tina Fey.

Mary Tyler Moore was a working woman whose story lines were not always about dating and men. They were about work friendships and relationships, which is what I feel my adult life has mostly been about.