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" 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. "

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" Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor. "

" 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. "

" I've always thought my strengths were I'm smart, and I have a good sense of humor. I definitely struggle with feeling confident. "

" For a time in high school, I had glasses, braces, and a cast. I like to call this look 'no date for homecoming.' "

" I'm baffled when young actors aren't familiar with current film, television and theater, or aren't interested in older films or plays and the history of the craft in general. If you don't know what's out there, and what came before, then how can you picture yourself working, and how can anyone else? "

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

" I've learned a lot from trainers over the years, but mainly that you need discipline to stay in the gym and out of the many fine cupcake emporiums on every corner. "

" I get concerned when I see kids on their phones. They don't read enough anymore, anything longer than a tweet. "

" Belly buttons are cool! "

" I would like to be part of a family, however that looks. Family is really important to me. "

" I love doing the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle, even on the days I can't finish it. "

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

" The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl. "

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

" I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on. "

" I've pretty much always been on a diet since I was born. And the women in my family struggle, so I find the less I think about food, in a way, the happier I am. In general, I think I eat less the less I think about it. "

" One thing I've learned is I actually don't like variety very much. I like having the same thing over and over: assorted lean proteins, arugula salad, quinoa or brown rice with soy sauce, olive oil, lemon, and salt. Those ingredients can pretty much get me through the week. "

" I have way too many jeans. But I never seem to have a top to wear. "

" If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair. "

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

" I really think if you're trying to look good, do something athletic. I have a little mini tramp, and sometimes I'll just try to jump for 20 minutes. It gets your blood circulating, and that always looks really pretty. "

" Because I have no consistent schedule as an actor, it was difficult to develop one as a writer. Ideally, I'd like to write first thing in the morning, every day. But sometimes I'm called to set before the sun comes up, or I've worked late the night before, or I'm on a plane. "

" None of my characters have really had jobs. "