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" Having trees and a track to run on have become more important to me than living near cool restaurants. "

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" The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it. "

" If you're meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you've already set the bar too high. "

" I've dated people who I thought were going to be a big deal in my life, and I've also spent long periods by myself. "

" Well, it's more of a sane life to be part of an ensemble! I find that the work can be more specific too and I have to really make sure I know where I am in the story because I'm not in every scene. "

" As an actor, you have to maximize your time, because you don't know what's going to happen in your 50s and 60s and 70s. It's like the career of an athlete: For many people, it ends at a certain point. "

" We moved in 8th grade, so 7th grade I was doing okay, and then 8th grade, everything fell apart. I had no fashion sense to speak of. We only had a couple of hair care products back then. We didn't have all these things to tame your hair. I had glasses; I had braces. I had it all. "

" Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me. "

" I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy. "

" You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain. "

" Acting is the most bizarre profession. You can stay in it for years and not really be in it and be waiting for someone to give you an opportunity. It's like when I watch 'American Idol' and see people who have been told to believe in themselves at all costs: It's not always a good idea. "

" Honestly, 'Parenthood' was not what I planned. I didn't plan to do another drama. I didn't plan to play a single mom. I didn't plan, even, to do an ensemble show. But I hadn't found anything I liked as much. I just connected to the show. "

" Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret. "

" I just don't know that a TV show demands a movie ending. "

" One of the things I like about the show is it redefines the idea of what it is to be a mother, which at its most basic level is to take care of a child. It doesn't mean you have to look like the ladies in the Lysol commercials. "

" Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love, I don't like it! "

" My time at Barnard was fun but stressful. I transferred there from the acting conservatory at NYU, and my Rolling Around On the Floor Pretending to Be a Lion classes didn't translate into many academic credits. "

" I get a delivery of a diet food during the week, which doesn't mean that I don't eat the occasional Krispy Kreme doughnut. "

" I've seen 'The Godfather Part II,' 'Broadcast News,' and 'Annie Hall' more than 20 times each. "

" These days I have to be extra nice in stores. It never fails that whenever I look as bad as I can possibly look or I am sort of cranky because the store is out of something, that is precisely the time when someone one will recognize me and say: 'I really like your show.' "

" Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans. "

" Sometimes I'll think, 'That was a really nice day. I ate well, I exercised, I called some friends, wasn't working too hard,' but I rarely have one of those. "

" The thing you must really do in television is bring yourself to everything you do - you can't try to be anybody else. "

" I always saw myself as a comedic actor and wacky best friend. "

" I dream of playing Lady Cora's sister on 'Downton Abbey.' "

" Just for daily wear, I love discovering new jeans companies. "

" All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I'm 100! "

" While I very much wanted to be in a relationship, I didn't want to be in the wrong one. "

" I've always really liked being active. I do Spinning classes, I run, I have a trainer, I do Pilates with my sister Shade. "

" I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life. "