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Comedies always need to be provocative and catch your attention in a way that dramas don't have to.

I grew up watching Letterman, 'Seinfeld,' 'SNL,' and Monty Python movies. But nothing made me want to get into comedy more than when 'Mr. Show' started airing.

When you do a good comedy show, you have to understand that if you don't have drama or sad moments, then the comedy turns into a clowning kind of situation.

I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian.

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.

'M*A*S*H,' to me, was about something. It had value beyond the laughs.

I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.

Because I've done so many hour dramas, people tend to think of you as more of a dramatic actor and don't see you as doing comedy.