I found the right man, got married, and just had to keep not reinventing myself, just deciding that it doesn’t matter what you are if you are a good person.
There was a time there when I thought going out was so fun. I don’t know how it happens, but suddenly that’s not a priority anymore.
I’ve learned you can make a mistake and the whole world doesn’t end. I had to learn to allow myself to make a mistake without becoming defensive and unforgiving.
In college I castrated 21 rats, and I got pretty good at it.
Shirley MacLaine said, You’re so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn’t hear, I couldn’t see. I thought I was going to pass out.
I think it’s very easy to get caught up and think that how many hits you get in a magazine because you were seen out somewhere has anything to do with a director’s opinion of you, and whether they could use you or not.
This is who I am. Not everybody has to like it.
You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.
Life’s a lot easier when you’re dumb.
From elementary school on up through junior high school, I loved to perform. But I put it all away during high school and college. I thought, “That’s not actually something you do with your life.” But then I was compelled to try it after college. I just got overcome.
My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person.
On network TV, I’m still Phoebe to people, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in the bright lights of a sitcom.
An actress, around 40, on television, that’s where you get the most torture, I think.
Now, unless someone’s, like, 50 or older, they’re meant to behave like girls. And it’s a broad stroke: It’s not just a moment of being vulnerable and girlish.
Christina Ricci is amazing, the most professional actor I think I’ve ever met. You can be chatting with her and when they call action, she’s right there.
I hate cosmetics companies. They get you addicted to the perfect lipstick or nail polish and then, six months later, they discontinue it. You have to buy your favorite colors like you’re storing up for the Apocalypse.
I don’t even know if it’s possible, but if it were, I’d like to make those kinds of old movies where the women were articulate and intelligent and flawed and witty.
You have to surrender to the fact that you are of too many in a highly competitive field where it is difficult to stand out. Over time, through your work, you will demonstrate who you are and what you bring to the field. Just stay with it and keep working.
I’ll accept being Phoebe to people for a while longer, given how much fun it was. That’s totally fair.
I’d played dumbasses a lot. On Mad About You, I played a very dumb waitress and they saw me.