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" Oddly, moving to L.A. had nothing to do with me wanting to be an actress. My mother had a friend who was willing to take us in for a month until we could get on our feet. So we lived on her floor. It was pretty traumatic, but I found my strength through my mother in that time because she never once made us feel like we wouldn't be OK. "

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" I don't want to be known as this bitter, ex-Scientologist. I'm not trying to bash anybody, and I'm not trying to be controversial. I just want people to know the truth. "

" Men stop trying after a while and get lazy. "

" There shouldn't be any kind of judgment towards somebody who has a belief system that is not yours. "

" I don't want to be doing a show that's negative, that's filled with drama. "

" When you get your show - that's what 'King of Queens' was for me. That was my part; that was my show - I was meant to have that part. "

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" Scientologists view children as spiritual beings. "

" Because Scientologists view children as spiritual beings, you're not treated as a kid, so you're given a lot of responsibility. Your ego becomes extremely inflated. "

" In my house, it's family first - but I was spending most of my time at the church. So, I was saying 'family first,' but I wasn't showing that. I didn't like the message that sent my daughter. "

" You have to learn to believe you deserve love. And I'm getting there. I'm starting to believe it. "

" I believe that people should be able to question things. "

" I'm a very by-the-book person. "

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" I've really come to realize you have to love yourself before you can expect someone else to. "

" Men have just come up to me and asked for my number right away. That doesn't work. You have to know somebody and have a conversation. "

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" I have always been spiritual. "

" I always felt like I was kind of an outsider because I didn't have the right things. I didn't have a Cadillac. I didn't have, you know, plastic on my furniture. That was the right way to be if you were Italian. "

" There's a lot of things that are good in Scientology, because I wouldn't have been in it. And that's the thing: a lot of people trivialize this thing, like, 'Oh, it's Xenu, and it's a volcano, and it's jumping on couches and acting crazy.' These people are victims. We've been victimized. We believed in something because it starts out very normal. "

" My family is not so different from the rest of America. I think people love to see that, 'Oh, just because she's on television and in Hollywood, I can still relate to her.' "

" I would do another talk show if it was the way that I wanted to do it. Like, you can't tell me what we're talking about, and I want to hear real stuff. "

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" My actions and the things I say and do, I wonder if they have an effect on my daughter and the way she's going to be as a person. I just want her to be a good person. "

" I love a man in a suit. Men should stay clothed, even if they have nice bodies. "

" I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that. "

" There's things you can say about me, but here's what you can't say about me: that I'm not being genuine. "

" But inside, I'm going, 'Oh my God, is my zipper up? Do I have a booger in my nose?' That's my inner monologue. "

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" There's a lot involved in going to the bathroom for women. "

" As a kid, I remember wondering why we lived in an apartment, not in a brownstone, and why we drove an LTD, not a Cadillac. Even now, I'm like that. If I'm on the 5th floor, I will wonder why I'm not on the 6th floor. But that was my drive. I was obsessed with my family having a better life. "

" Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself. You are evil. "