When I came out to Hollywood in 1985, I thought that I would be sitcom star. I'm a tall, skinny, goofy guy. I thought that I would make a great funny neighbor, or wacky office mate, in a sitcom.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In the back of my head, I always thought it would be great to become an actress on a sitcom.
I think people have a hard time thinking that I could've done a sitcom.
My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom.
I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
I was an actress long before I was a reality TV person.
As a kid, I never thought I'd be an actress. Never, ever, ever, no way. I was really shy - bordering on social disorder shy - and I was really academic.
When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then I wanted to retire and write science fiction.
People used to think of me as a comedy actor.
I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.
When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does.