Mary-Louise Parker

“Enraged is the wrong word, but I felt like I wanted to kick you in the shins and then make you banana bread. I wanted to key your car and take you out for dim sum. It was admiration, passion and that voice of yours all mushing together and disarming me, making me want smash something and kiss someone.”

“I never know why people come up to me. I think a lot of them just get super-excited because they recognize me from TV but they don't remember where.”

“I like to pretend that I'm a tough guy. It's kind of an admission of defeat if I have to ask for help - or even kindness. But if it doesn't come, at some point I snap and demand it.”

“I don't put myself out there, so people aren't necessarily familiar with me or my face.”

“I feel like movies, if there's any kind of budget whatsoever, there's so much sitting, and I really like to work. Otherwise my blood sugar just drops, you know, six hours sitting in a camper.”

“I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.”

“I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.”

“I do love my avocados, which are great for the skin. I eat pretty healthfully.”

“I never feel more useful than when I'm making my kids a bowl of soup.”

“I enjoy cooking and baking. Alicia Silverstone's vegan cookbook is awesome.”

“I don't often see the movies I'm in; I'm usually disappointed in myself and it only serves to make me self-conscious.”

“I don't get tired of hearing that somebody liked my work.”