American Quotes

Most nights I end up wearing a wife beater T-shirt and boxers.

Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don't care about fame, I don't care about being a celebrity. I know that's part of the job, but I don't feed into anyone's idea of who I should be.

Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess.

It feels like I'm starting to come into my own in terms of where I want to go artistically, toward more complicated, interesting characters.

In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not.

If I didn't get a job, between 16 and 18, that wasn't significant, I was just going to go to college. I didn't want to be a struggling actor at 36 with five kids, doing something I hated. You see the story so much. It's such a vicious business to be in when you're not meant to be in it.

I've got cousins galore. Mexicans just spread all their seeds. And the women just pop them out.

I'm all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.

I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.

I don't put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.

I don't like being the center of attention.

I did research when I was pregnant with my first daughter and was horrified by the chemicals in products, even those meant for babies. I would have to go to 50 different places just to get my house and my kid clean.

I could have sexual chemistry with vinegar.

Everyone in my family is an artist in some capacity whether they're musicians, painters, or sculptors, so it's in their blood.

Everyone has an opinion of who you are and what your relationship is about, things that you've done or didn't do in your relationship - and it's just all crap, really. Things that are written about it are all crap.

Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally. Now I have no problem with it.

But I don't feel the need to be famous.

I wish there were two of me and 48-hour days so I could get everything done. But for me, I have to not try and think that everything has to be 100% perfect all the time and leave room for error. As long as my kids feel loved and a priority, everything really is secondary.

I thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.

We got to go to Lucas Ranch and, at that time, my brother was still living in a condo about a mile from Robin Williams, and so I made all of the other comics jealous because I got to get a ride home with him.

Videogames are a little more work and they're a little more stilted.

Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better.

If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.

I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.

I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.

I started doing stand-up in college.

For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.

My favorite type of music to sing is a crossover between country and pop.

I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face.

I knew Scotty was going to win. At the beginning of the episode, I was like, 'Scotty, are you ready to win?'. I knew he was going to in my heart. I accepted it. I couldn't pick a more perfect person to get second place to. He's my best friend.