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" I always know I'm going to lose my job. It's either going to be canceled next week or next year or nine years from now, but I always know my job is going to go. "

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" Christians - whether as a priest, a nun, a minister, whatever - have just been stereotyped to death. You try to be a model of kindness and love and forgiveness to all those around you, because you have received kindness and love and forgiveness from God through Christ. That's what Christianity is. "

Patricia Heaton

God

Love

Forgiveness

" Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men. "

" I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way. "

" But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls. "

" I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight. "

Patricia Heaton

Need

Nothing

" Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student. "

" Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing. "

" When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that. "

" Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband. "

" I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances. "

" I'm sort of a slob. "

Patricia Heaton

Slob

Sort

" And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to conversations my husband and I have. "

Patricia Heaton

Memorize

Find

" We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter to help out and she finds out she hates the fact that the kids have more fun with the sitter than her. "

" I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode. "

" Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him. "

" My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself. "

Patricia Heaton

Need

Husband

" I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage. "

" My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go. "

Patricia Heaton

Feet

Pretty

" From the beginning of church history, music, writing, literature, and the greatest works of art all came from the church. To change the culture and make it a force for good, you have to be in it and be a part of it. "

" I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they're at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not only organize my work life but also their school lives. "

" This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary. "

" I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping. "

Patricia Heaton

Mother

Good

" I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter. "

" It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer. "

" We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the month, and we get four months off for the summer. So there's plenty of time for me to spend with the kids. "

Patricia Heaton

Three

Work

" There's enough hard stuff going on in people's lives, and you really need that joy that laughter can bring. I don't have to put that in a Christian compartment. "

" It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden. "

" And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read. "

Patricia Heaton

Started

Love

" God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too. "

" I've learned to look like I'm listening to long confusing plots of cartoons and comic books when I'm actually sound asleep or making grocery shopping lists in my head. "