What I am is a humanist before anything - before I'm a Jew, before I'm black, before I'm a woman. And my beliefs are for the human race - they don't exclude anyone.

No matter what you say to yourself, you do want to win. You try to look casual, like you're not thinking, 'oh, please pick me.'

Her least favorite thing: VOLUNTARY IGNORANCE

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.

When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.

I don't like driving very much. That makes me very unhappy, because I scream a lot in the car, but other than that, life is actually pretty good.

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.