Wendi McLendon-Covey

“If I improvise at all on 'The Goldbergs,' it's with the physical stuff.”

“You know what? At the end of the day, funny is funny. I hope to see the end of all the female cliches that are written in a lot of comedies that are named chick flicks.”

“I have terrible chemical allergies, and I'm constantly battling unsightly reactions.”

“I don't take a lot of vacations.”

“I'm a big fan of David Sedaris; I love all his books and have them all on audio and e-reader, in addition to hard copies.”

“I've never lived in Los Angeles. I've always lived 30 miles away in Long Beach.”

“My skin is so hypersensitive that I have to cleanse it with oils and then back it up with even more oil. I really am just putting on oil all the time.”

“Come on, planning a wedding, let's be honest, it's not fun. It's not fun being in a wedding.”

“Now, I love playing moms who can't hide their paranoia.”

“My skin is super sensitive, so an oil-based cleanser is just perfect, rather than some detergent thing that strips it.”

“What's the most humiliating thing? When you take someone to dinner or you cook somebody dinner and they get food poisoning. I mean, how bad do you feel?”

“The thing about acting is everybody thinks you make a ton of money. And the money is good when you're working. But you can go a long time between jobs.”

“I don't want to outlive my money.”

“You have to ask yourself if you want to be the kind of actress who's interesting, or the kind of actress who's meant to play the pretty-but-uninteresting wife of a chubby guy on a network sitcom.”

“Different people's houses smell like different weird things. God forbid someone should come and nail down what my house smells like. It'd probably be a litter box... sweaty socks... and burnt bacon. That probably is what it smells like.”

“Certainly, when you have shoulder pads on that go up to your ears, you hold yourself a certain way. You speak with authority when you have shoulders like that.”

“Most people think of the humidifier as something for arid climates, which I guess most of L.A. is, but it's just generally good for hydrating the skin, no matter what.”

“I found my Saatva mattress when I was searching for a biodegradable and organic mattress that wouldn't leach chemicals because, believe it or not, I don't like that!”

“I was a theatrical kid, but my parents were overprotective. When I expressed interest in show business, they shut it down.”

“I never wanted to be one of those desperate actors, just waiting for their next gig, who might have to take something that they didn't want to do to pay the rent.”