“Five years is a long time to play one part.”

“I always want to work.”

“I can be a little acerbic.”

“I eat anything, especially sweets. Chocolate, cookies, and I love mint-chip ice cream.”

“I love Los Angeles. I love when people make fun of it. I think, 'Good, don't come.' All the jokes about it feel out of date.”

“I mean one of the weird things about TV and one of the things that some actors don't like but I kind of dig is that you never know where you're headed, I mean you never know what the writer might think of next.”

“I think it's good for moms to work. I have three daughters, so I like them to see me working and doing something I'm passionate about.”

“If you're a caretaker, who are you when there's no one else to take care of?”

“I'm from durable stock. I'm made to work. I'm Irish.”

“I'm not the most delicate - I'm not the most graceful person, and I like playing a sport where being not delicate and not graceful is actually a good thing.”

“I've done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and I've found no evidence that it brings happiness.”

“Most women get pregnant and even though it's a challenge physically and uncomfortable, they generally wanted to be pregnant.”

“Really, I'm just a simple girl from Jersey.”

“There's nothing more fun than acting on stage with a live audience and that immediate feedback.”

“Witness protection just makes for exciting stories and it's a really rich sort of place to grab stories from... people starting over completely, saying goodbye to their lives before... it never ends in terms of story opportunities.”

“You won't believe what our kids are eating in the public schools. It's just nuts.”