She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker.

You know, the bigger you get and the more success you have, the more people you can fill your house with to tell you how great you are. You can do that.

You can get through your whole day only around people who will tell you that you're wonderful. But pretty soon they're going to have to be lying about that.

To put me through school my morn had to work, so I was a latchkey kid.

That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?

Sometimes when you're just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it.

And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground.

I had never watched a law show prior to being cast on The Practice.

I don't have a problem with my body. I don't diet, and I'm not hiding anything. I'm not going to be the subject of a movie of the week 10 years from now.

I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.

Everybody wants to solve everybody's problems.

Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.

But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He's just the real deal. I'm captivated by him because there's so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it.

As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.

And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.