Patricia Richardson

“People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me.”

“I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer.”

“The truth is, I've been going pretty much nuts all year. I constantly have to fight being scattered. I feel like I'm on automatic pilot from fatigue. The hardest thing is trying to be present, living for the moment, for everybody in the family.”

“I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and the plot. In comedy, the writers, instead of obsessing about character and plot, obsess about the jokes.”

“I live in such a sweet world in the world of 'Home Improvement' that I tend to be drawn to stuff that's really on the other end of the spectrum entirely.”

“When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.”

“I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes.”

“I have born-again Christians in my family, and they are completely against abortion... Everybody's got to stop being afraid of it real soon. Who's going to do it if a woman's network doesn't? People are going to be dying.”