Laura: (on her NYPD domestic violence job) Domestic violence is such a private issue. Getting inside the victim`s home and into their business is a really hard thing to do.

Laura: (about her NYPD domestic abuse counselor job) It`s frustrating because you don`t know if [the victim`s] safe tonight

Laura: If I could time travel I would go back to high school. I would tell myself not to do certain things

Laura Allen: (On Jennifer Aniston quitting smoking on the set of "Dirt".) Jen was doing a total cleansing and did a lot of yoga to stop smoking. Between takes, it would have been tempting to go outside and have a cigarette. Instead, Jen was clinging to Courteney. She said how hard it was

Laura Allen: (On Jennifer Anniston also quitting caffeine.) I had a Diet Coke on-set, and she was really jonesing for it.

Laura Allen: (On Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston`s kiss on "Dirt".) Courteney has some steamy sex scenes. This was actually really tame.

Laura Allen: (When asked by TV Guide.com if she`ll be back on "Dirt".) Yes, we go back to work in October. There`s a cliff-hanger going on there, a stabbing between myself and Courteney Cox`s character. It is undetermined who really got the knife.

Laura Allen: (When asked by TV Guide.com what it was like working with Mahershalalhashbaz Ali again in "The 4400".) I adore that guy. He`s left the show now as well, and he`s doing great. We actually knew each other before The 4400, so he`s like an old friend now.