I was young. I was newly married. And I had worked like a dog. I just wanted to live and travel.
I’ve always been fascinated by Asian culture, and I love that women can play the lead in a horror film.
It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman.
I’m always the one who gets killed. And I want it to be really gory. Body parts all over the place. Mangled!
There’s a lot more to being with someone than just love.
Everything I am is because of my mom.
Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone’s idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life.
I clip coupons all the time. Why should you pay more for something that someone else is paying less for?
I think that this industry in particular is so fast-paced that you keep saying, ‘I’ll take vacation later.’ Sometimes later never comes. I’m definitely leading a much slower life now that I’m not working every single day on a television series.
Buffys very similar to me to me when I was growing up. A child in an adult world, sort of trapped between the two. Does Buffy go to the prom or does she save the world from demons?
But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.
I started to watch Damages and all of these amazing, female-driven shows, and it was something that was always in the back of my mind. Then, once I had my daughter, I realized that I was done living the romantic lifestyle, and nothing offers that more than television.
I’m from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times – maybe some would say dirty – jokes. But in jest.
I think that’s what growing up is all about. It’s about taking on new responsibilities and learning what you can handle, and learning what you can’t.
I don’t do a television show for awards. You make it so people will enjoy watching it.
Being outspoken has always gotten me into trouble. I’m just this little thing and then all of a sudden it comes out.
I don’t get the whole getting drunk thing.
I am definitely a Type-A, tidy, everything-has-a-place kind of person, so initially encouraging a mess was against my nature. But once you realize all the benefits, it’s pretty simple to let that go.
When I got off the soap I got offered all these, you know, ‘women in jeopardy’ – I call them ‘disease of the week’ movies.
I think actually what I’m going to do when I’m done and take my next vacation, is I’m going to go over and start unions in Japan. I’m going to unionize Japan. Because the way they work those crews is so criminal. There’s no overtime, so they can just keep going.