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“I'm actually incapable of lying. I'm like a parody of a person who can't lie.”
“In your early 20s, it was maybe acceptable to have a friend who was taking all of your time and energy and exhausting you and always a drama. When you're in your 30s, or you're starting to have babies, you just can't put up with it anymore, and that's okay, because I think your priorities shift.”
“I like some pants; I just don't like jeans very much. Dresses are so much easier because I don't have to think very hard.”
“For the most part, these awards shows, while they are fun, they're high-pressure for the people who are nominated and for those walking the red carpet.”
“I was asked to lose weight by a network for a TV pilot. The conversation happens because you get a job, and your agent or manager calls, and they say, 'They are so excited about you. They just think there is no one better for this part, and they want you to look and feel your best. They really feel that that could include losing 15 or 20 pounds.'”
“No one cares what you ate for breakfast. Unless it's something really spectacular, don't tweet me your breakfast, I don't care.”
“And then I went to 'Dawson's Creek,' which is a show that was, for better or for worse, all about the language. It was a word-perfect show, which I'd never had any experience with. And it was really shocking for me. I felt really hemmed in. At the time, it wasn't my favorite working experience.”
“I had really specific ideas of what kind of mom I was going to be and what kind of things I was going to provide for my child - even down to the organic, wooden toys Birdie was going to be allowed to chew on. Then cut to my daughter being obsessed with every plastic, 99-cent store toy.”
“I wanted a half-hour, single-camera comedy with a great lead where I could be No. 2 or 3 on the call sheet, and it was going to get on the air. Those were my criteria, and they sent me 'Cougar Town.' I read it and loved it.”
“My husband has no desire to work with me; don't get it twisted. He gets paid a lot of money to write giant movies. He's not into humoring me with my projects. But, that being said, I did have the story credit on 'Blades of Glory,' and writing is something that I've always been interested in pursuing more.”
“I never underestimate the power of hot rollers for your hair and eyelash curlers for your eyelashes.”
“This isn't just 'Scrubs' with new actors. 'Cougar Town' has a heart to it that's all its own.”
“I really try to do and eat the same thing every day when I'm home and in my routine.”
“I was in New York and I went to a meatball shop with my friend and there was paparazzi there and I thought, 'How did you know that someone was gonna come to this meatball shop?' But I was pregnant and I wanted a meatball sub and let me tell you, it was delicious.”
“I love my nose! I was so nervous when I got pregnant that I was going to get that weird nose spread that you sometimes see pregnant ladies get.”
“From time to time I think I made some errors in judgment, but I have some really fashionable friends and I feel I've cultivated my own sense of style and what I feel comfortable with over the years.”
“It's nice to have the support of the LGBT community, because they're loyal, and they'll follow you down any career path.”
“I don't wear a lot of jeans, which I know is a controversial statement. I just don't feel the most like myself in jeans.”
“I think people find a lot to relate to in my social media, being a mom, and trying to live my best life, and I'm a fan of Oprah and other things people are fans of, and my heart breaks when there are tragedies, like everyone else, and I want to help.”
“I only became a celebrity because I had a kid. Before I was pregnant nobody cared. I joke to my agent that having a baby made my career.”