Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: `Who made that sweater?` Or `How did you get your hair so straight?` They don`t to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me.

Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I`m an actor.

It`s great to have an acting job in the age of Reality TV.

I`ve made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life.

The thing I don`t like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it.

The parts for women, you`re either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl.

My character has louder taste in clothes, I think. Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans. - on Lorelai Gilmore

All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I`m 100!

Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can`t find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.

You want the story to end when it`s supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody`s financial gain.

[On her career prior to "Gilmore Girls" (2000)]: "I kept playing the bland friend, and my line was like `Let`s go get a sandwich!`".

If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I`d be management level now.

"...I love Matthew Perry."

"Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: `Who made that sweater?` Or `How did you get your hair so straight?` They don`t to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me."

My character has louder taste in clothes, I think. Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans. - on Lorelai Gilmore

[On her career prior to "Gilmore Girls" (2000)]: "I kept playing the bland friend, and my line was like `Let`s go get a sandwich!`".

“I struggled with the idea that this character, the parent, would ... stop speaking to her daughter and not make more of an effort.”

“If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I`d be management level now.”

“Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I`m an actor.”

“Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can`t find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.”

“I`ve made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life.”

"It can`t be Christmas every day!"

"These days I have to be extra nice in stores. It never fails that whenever I look as bad as I can possibly look or I am sort of cranky because the store is out of something, that is precisely the time when someone one will recognize me and say: `I really like your show.`"

"Belly buttons are cool".

"Perspective is the most important thing to have in life."