The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.
My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.
I was always led to believe you should take care of yourself, trust in your abilities and you're the author of your own destiny.
Like, you can find your dream, if you firmly believe. You have to have the innocence, and you have to have the daringness to trust.
My father always said, 'Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf' - so I make sure I read.
You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically.
My biggest challenge is trust, and really believing that trust, in letting things just happen personally and professionally and trust with myself. But I'm getting better at it.
It's so much easier to like people, and to let people in, to trust them until they prove that you should do otherwise. The alternative is being an iceberg.
David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character.
The Operative: Every minute you keep River Tam from me, more people will die.
River Tam: Put a bullet to me. Bullet in the brain pan, squish. [giggles whilst crying]
Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.
While I respect my cousin Annette Sykes' commitment in engaging in the political process, I do not endorse or support any political party.
It really does mean so much when your cast mates, who you respect so much, tell you that you made them laugh.
My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.
I have two sisters and a mother, obviously, so I grew up with a household of girls. Maybe I have a greater respect for women because of it.
I have a mentor. I have... guides. I have a lot of guides. Not a lot, but people whose opinions I really respect and who I will turn to.
I believe that if you reject and don't respect what you have now, that's ingratitude. I'm grateful for everything I have today.
My husband acts and I have such respect for those that do it well, that I wouldn't even try to pretend I can act.
Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody.
I have so much respect for television actors and directors. We're on set doing 16-hour days, and that's just what we do.
