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

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" I'm nice, and I show up on time. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety. "

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

" As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process. "

" 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. "

" Honestly, I was such a tomboy as a kid. People were taking from their mothers' closets - I was taking from my dad's closet. It was the '80s, so it wasn't terrible, but I was wearing my dad's dress shirts over jeans from the Gap. "

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

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

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

" 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? "

" My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff. "

" Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible. "

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

" 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! "

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

" What I remember about coming to L.A. is that suddenly work was as big a presence in my life as my life itself. "

" 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. "

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