To be a character who feels a deep emotion, one must go into the memory's vault and mix in a sad memory from one's own life.
“Everybody said, 'You hit it so big when you were on 'Ally McBeal.' ' I didn't do anything for a year after 'Ally McBeal,' and I had to write David Kelley to get myself back on 'Ally' a second time because I thought the character should be on again.”