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" 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. "

Patricia Heaton

Look

Head

Listening

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Patricia Heaton

Slob

Sort

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

" My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that. "

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Mother-In-Law

Sitting

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun. "

" 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

" I've found that people feel very free to say insulting things, not about me personally, but about the things I believe. It's sad, because I really could care less where people are coming from, politically, religiously. "

Patricia Heaton

Care

Sad

" 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. "

" I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else. "

" As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates. "

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

" A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy. "

" 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

" 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. "

" I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Plastic surgery is like a big elephant sitting in the Hollywood living room. "

" 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

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

Patricia Heaton

Feet

Pretty

" I'm not good at accepting help. "

" And I think I have a perspective about Hollywood that you don't see very often in the press. "

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