Sherry Stringfield

“There's only so much you can do with an attorney on a show that's about New York policemen.”

“I'm from the theater. I never wanted to be a star.”

“I love going to the set every day, because Noah Wylie will be there waiting.”

“I'm incredibly happy to be doing my own thing in New York.”

“Physics has the cutest words.”

“It took a long time to get out of my contract. The producers thought I was negotiating for more money.”

“I'm a terrible patient, and I find that doctors can be very condescending.”

“It's amazing how everyone has an opinion on how you should live your life.”

“You can't mess up. If you do, everyone wants to kill you.”

“I don't get rattled about the big things. I get rattled when I have to pick up my laundry, get gas in the car, pick up a script.”

“It took the producers a while to realize I wanted a full-bodied life. I wanted to get out before I felt I'd sacrificed so much to get somewhere that I couldn't afford to leave.”

“Why does anybody want to be famous? You know what's important to me? Having lunch! Pasta! Seeing my friends! Is that so crazy?”

“I love having no sense of tomorrow or yesterday.”

“Only the patients have to take off their clothes. I think I'm pretty safe.”

“I never wanted to be a star.”

“People can get certain good things out of fame, but until it killed a princess nobody ever talked about how bad it can be.”

“When you walk away from a really wonderful job like that, you start messing with everyone's priorities. It's like you're dissing them.”

“Series television is either a nightmare or the best thing in the whole world. It really depends on, I think, where you are in your life.”

“They understood why I left ER. It wasn't just about a guy.”

“I had my electricity turned off three times because I never had time to pay my bills. It was a joke. I'm making a ton of money, and I'm walking around my apartment with flashlights.”