Kellie Martin

“Learning method acting might mess me up.”

“The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts... I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.”

“My kid really loves bugs.”

“I go to museums all the time.”

“I would say people remember me from 'Life Goes On' more than anything.”

“It's not imperative that I graduate in four years, and it's not imperative that I get all A's.”

“I believe a child's most important job is to explore the world around them through play.”

“We go to Montana every year - that's where my husband is from - Flathead Lake, Montana, which is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to in my life. It's amazing that his entire family lives there. There's waterskiing, jet skiing, and kayaking, and it's just really fun.”

“Small towns are so rich.”

“I feel like the networks always end up doing similar stuff at the same time.”

“I wouldn't want to be a superstar, like Julia Roberts or Madonna, and be on the cover of 'US' magazine when I'm twenty - that's how you know you're really hot. I'd rather have a long, respected career.”

“I would say, if I had any hobbies, I love photography. I love taking photographs.”

“I want to know art.”

“As with real families, my fictional family on 'Life Goes On' had its ups and downs, and as part of the fictional downers, the actors were often called to cry on cue. This absolutely terrified me, because I was a pretty happy kid who didn't have much to cry about.”

“I was in this sheltered little environment where, basically, all my high school experience was in 'Life Goes On,' and everyone told me where to go, what to do, how to think - I never had to do anything for myself.”

“My first kiss was onscreen. My character learned to drive before I did, so when they asked me to hit the mark with that giant Lincoln, I hit the camera instead. Being an actor gives an interesting perspective on life. And in my case, an interesting preview.”

“It's an extraordinary thing to do, to go into the military and to serve your country.”

“'Christy' is worth staying out of college for because I believe in the show. I wouldn't stay out of college for many other shows.”

“At college - I went to Yale, and everybody's very smart, and everybody has their thing that makes them special, and people at Yale would pretend they didn't recognize me. Only after they'd had a couple of drinks would they start singing the 'Life Goes On' theme song.”

“I'm not a movie star, but I've been an actress forever, and the first time I went on a date with my husband, he said to me, 'So I hear you're an actress. I've never seen anything you've done.' We were like, oh gosh, 21 when I met him, and I laughed, because I'd done 'Life Goes On,' and 'Christy,' and I mean, I'd been working forever.”