Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning do to do afterward.
I do endless chopping and preparing things. I really find that relaxing. I do a lot of thinking as I am chopping and cooking.
The fine line that you do when you do political comedy is, as long as you have that laugh, you're fine.
I really like doing television shows, and I anticipated doing a comedy, because that's the place I feel the most comfortable - those are the risks I want to take.
I did not grow up with people, you know, pounding in my head, 'This is what you've got to do, this is what you're going to do.'
I'd rather have a pencil and paper and do all my own calculations rather than rely on a machine. And I'll do most calculations in double digit multiples as quick as the machine.
I loved doing the 'King of Queens', I have never had so much fun doing a show. People got to see a different side of me.
In doing what I'm doing, you have to be sensitive to the fact that you're not dealing with numbers, you're dealing with people. And I will continue to be sensitive to that.
Do you know the feeling, when your heart is so hurt, that you could feel the blood dripping?
When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It could be a big thing or a small moment. If it's there I'll do it.
I've done all kinds of martial arts. I have my blackbelt in Shorei Ru. I'm doing Wu Shu. I do all kinds of different martial arts.
Dance for yourself. If someone understands, good. If not, no matter. Go right on doing what interests you, and do it until it stops interesting you.
I'm not trying to be new school and I'm not old school - I'm classic. There's a lot of new cars and there's a lot of old cars, but I'm just classic in doing what I do.
If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.
We're doing a partial green nursery and trying as hard as we can to do as much organic stuff for our nursery as we can.
As a younger actor, my motivation may have been 'Do you want that job or don't you?' Now it's 'Do you want to look like crap on film?'
Our culture is getting better and better at encouraging women to speak, but it’s not doing enough to listen to what they say when they do.
The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.'
I can do basics, but I'm not a proper cook. I can do a roast. I can stick a chicken in the oven with vegetables.
I'm doing what I wanted to do since I was a young girl. I pinch myself every day to make sure it's true.
