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There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.

I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous.

I didn't want to be known as the reality-show star trying to be an actress, so I kept a lot of the failed auditions to myself.

I've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want.

I don't want actors to be writers. I think it's too much responsibility.

I could never work in that kind of commercial environment where the stars have a lot to say, where the producers kind of push you around and tell you who to cast and who not to cast. I'm just not interested in that at all.

I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.

When I'm shooting, I don't care who the star is. I have an actor playing a part, and I'm serving the script, not serving anyone's career.

My very first role was the character of Barbara Winslow in the movie 'Marmaduke.' Up until that point, I had only done commercials. I had never done a guest star role or a series, and yet they cast me!

One of the tricky things about running a TV show is that you just never know how good the guest stars you cast on a weekly basis, how good they're going to be in the episode. Sometimes they surprise you in good ways and sometimes they surprise you in disappointing ways.