Debra Messing

“My parents always made education and school the number one priority. They believed that an education is the best gift you can give to your child.”

“Yes, women, and men, have to be open to love, because if we're not open then there's no way for us to find happiness. But you can be open to it and still have no control over when it's going to happen.”

“I don't exercise - that's something I struggle with.”

“I'm naturally lean and I'm constantly walking.”

“But I've become completely obsessed with taking photos on my iPhone. I have like 400 apps.”

“I don't think it's possible to have a wedding without it being stressful!”

“I pay parking tickets. You know, you can try to give 50%, but then they charge you all those penalties! Seriously, I have gotten many, many, many tickets in my life.”

“'Project Runway' was my guilty pleasure while my son was napping or nursing.”

“I would never have called myself tech-savvy.”

“So my son is very curious, which is fantastic. He loves school. So I don't have to encourage him too much, but I love to do it because I know it's meaningful and words are powerful.”

“I think the institute of marriage is a noble thing. The idea of a partner for life is incredibly romantic. But now we're living to 100. A hundred years ago people were dying at age 37. Til death do us part was a much different deal.”

“I love to do glamorous things, like wear Valentino.”

“It's always been really important for me to try to maintain a balanced life, professional and personal, and this was absolutely something that my husband and I had hoped for.”

“My biggest fantasy love affair was with Dustin Hoffman. It's so bizarre. Also Anthony Hopkins.”

“I come from the New York theatre world, and I have a lot of gay male friends, so this friendship of Will and Grace's isn't such a stretch.”

“I'm very devoted to my husband and we've been together for a very long time.”

“It's a miracle to be an actor and to know that you have a job to go to a year from now is a rare thing, so I think peace of mind and financial stability come with that. Hopefully I'm a little wiser and have a little more perspective in my life than I did then.”

“I'm a little commitment phobic, in that I've always been someone who likes to take things one year at a time because as we all know, a year can change everything in your life.”

“That whole world of musical theater was my first love. It's where I wanted to be when I was three years old.”

“I was always singing and dancing for my mother when I wasn't glued to the television watching I Love Lucy or the Carol Burnett Show.”