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" Directors would tell me, 'We want you to play a character a little less complex than you are.' Yeah, sure. What they mean is, 'You're playing a dummy.' "

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" Speed bumps, I was thinking, you know, you're driving along, everything's OK, and then there's a speed bump to go, 'Slow down.' Go over it real slowly, and you hit the pedal, and you keep going, and I just thought it was kind of a nice metaphor for life. "

" I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves. "

" There are things that you can do today that, years ago, there was nothing. The community today needs to know that with MRI and the current medications the view is good. "

" It doesn't help to contemplate how sad your life is. You have to move on. "

" My mother was a real tough cookie. She raised the three of us, and she worked at the same time. "

" You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself. "

" I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us. "

" I went to physical therapy, occupational therapy, voice, every kind of therapy except mental therapy - obviously! "

" My daughter couldn't wake me up, so they called 911. They rushed me to the hospital. They drilled a hole in my head and wrapped a coil around my brain. I was unconscious for a week, and I was in rehab for two months - couldn't walk, couldn't talk. Now I've relearned everything. I'm so happy. "

" A chiropractor wishes he were a doctor, just like those people outside Spago wish they were actors. "

" I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go. "

" If you get somebody laughing - and then stick in a point about something important - they'll remember it. "

" I don't want to sound hoity-toity, but people told me I should watch 'Cheers' because it's very funny. So I watched it, and I just went, 'This is the great show of the universe?' To me, acting is making characters believable, not just doing jokes. "

" I have been off the motorcycles for about 20 years now, but that doesn't mean I can't still do it. "

" Going to dancing school, or being in a play, is a very familial feeling. You're around friends. "

" They drilled a hole in my head and wrapped a coil around my brain so it wouldn't bleed anymore. "

" I was in love with Michael Keaton. He was very funny. "

" I danced in a company of 'West Side Story' when I was very young. It was most of the original cast - Larry Kert, Chita Rivera - and Jerry Robbins directed. It was tough, a wonderful initiation for me. "

" My agents have me in the Actors' Protection Program. It seems to be working very well. Nobody can find me. "

" There are several drugs out right now that can't stop multiple sclerosis, but they can slow it way down. They also made me puff up like a balloon. So I looked horrible. I hated that. "

" In addition to having a good partnership with a good doctor, you have to do some of the work yourself. Go online, read about it, and find out what you can tolerate. "

" If there's ever a woman who's smart, funny, or witty, people are afraid of that, so they don't write that. They only write parts for women where they let everything be steamrolled over them, where they let people wipe their feet all over them. "

" I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking. "

" '30 Rock' is one of the best things on TV, I think. "

" I'm really grateful for my dancers' discipline. "

" If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor. "

" I remember some stories had a very big impact on me, like 'The Little Train That Could,' which is about the importance of not giving up, and 'Little Toot,' about a playful tugboat in the New York harbor. "

" The whole MS stuff put the kibosh on my career. And I sort of let it go. I even have a friend who went to CBS and said, 'I want Teri Garr to be in this series,' and the head of the network said, 'Oh no, she's got MS.' "

" I thought, 'If I can't be prom queen, I can dance 'Les Sylphide.' "