Cheryl Hines

“Manipulating people is what's so fun about poker. I love that you can just look into someone's eyes and lie - and it's perfectly acceptable.”

“For my birthday my husband learned to cook and is cooking one day a week for me. But he only likes to do fancy dishes. So we end up with weird, obscure things in the refrigerator.”

“Well, I am producing a show that's going to be on NBC this fall. It's called 'School Pride,' and it's a reality show where we're going around the country and renovating schools. It's really great.”

“It makes me happy to work. And it makes me a better mother to be a happy person.”

“It is weird. People will say, 'Oh my God, I love you.' And I'll say, 'Oh, that's so sweet. Thank you.' And the people who are walking around with me for the first time will say, 'I don't understand what happened. Somebody just told you they love you. I don't even understand what that means.'”

“העובדה שהיא כל כך מנוסה בקולנוע, לעומת חוסר הניסיון שלי כבמאית, נתנה לי קצת ביטחון.”

“כש'סיינפלד' שודרה בזמן אמת, הייתי אנונימית לגמרי והם היו ענקיים. לא חלמתי שאי פעם אשתתף בכזה דבר. פתאום להיות איתם על הסט, שנראה בדיוק כמו הסט המקורי של 'סיינפלד' – זה כמו לפגוש באגדה חיה. זו בפירוש הייתה חוויה מדהימה.”

“כשהסדרה החלה, מכרים ותיקים פתאום התחילו להתקשר ממורמרים ושאלו בזעם איך יכול להיות שלא הזמנתי אותם לחתונה, זה הגיע אפילו לרמות קיצוניות יותר כשניגשתי לאודישן, והמלהק הופתע לראות אותי. 'אה, לא ידעתי שאת גם משחקת', הוא אמר לי. הייתי צריכה להסביר לו ששריל של 'תרגיע' זה רק תפקיד שאני מגלמת. הם רואים בסדרה אנשים כמו לארי או טד דנסון שמשחקים את עצמם, והם מניחים שזה נכון גם לגבי." ~ על הסדרה "תרגיע”

“The Go Red for Women campaign raises awareness of the risk of heart disease. I think a lot of people don't realize that heart disease is the number one killer of women. So what we're doing is encouraging women to tell five other women to learn more about heart disease and how they can prevent it.”

“I understand a woman who validates herself by getting attention from the opposite sex. I have a friend who is that to a T... Doesn't mean she isn't a good person. That's a funny character to play.”

“At my first tournament, about four years ago, I got four twos. Now I have a poker problem. I do win every so often, so that's what keeps me going.”

“While visiting Costa Rica, I was inspired to hear that someone had donated a playground to a local school. So when I returned to L.A., one day I just called the principal of a nearby elementary school and asked what I could do. Five years later, I've helped make over nine schools, repainting, renovating, and fixing up playgrounds.”

“My mom is very Southern and she in real life says things like, 'If you've got it, flaunt it.'”

“Once in a while I'll order an omelet, 'cause I'm not very good at making omelets.”

“The things the writers have me doing on 'Suburgatory' are insane. I think they think it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.”

“My first job was as a waitress, and I waitressed for a long, long time. I was a very bad waitress. I didn't care if people had ketchup or if they were allergic to fish. It really didn't bother me either way. I didn't care. I was bad, but it was a good way to make money. And it's a fun job if you are working with fun people.”

“Whenever somebody folds, say, 'Good laydown.' It encourages them to fold on a later hand because it makes them feel like you had the best hand even if you were bluffing. It's an odd form of flattery that seems to work at the poker table.”

“When I was working with Barry Sonnenfeld, I'd watch him set up a shot and talk to him about what he was seeing and what it was to shoot comedy. He told me that a lot of times with comedy, it's not just about getting the joke, but getting a reaction to the joke. That's the laugh - it's somebody's else's reaction to the joke.”

“I think as a director you have to make it your own. It'd be a mistake to approach a project with the idea of 'I'm going to do this the way I think somebody else would,' because then you'd never be clear on your idea.”

“Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart.”