I live in New Orleans part of the year, and it's a really fun eating town. I bought two homes there, one to live in and one as an investment. They love to eat, drink and dress up in costumes. There are so many reasons to dress up - Mardi Gras, Halloween, Southern Decadence.
I know what I am capable of. I read a character, and if I can say to myself, 'I know this woman,' then I take the role.
I think I'm comedy-attractive, but it's never gonna be me and Charlize Theron up there.
Gina Gershon was a year ahead of me in college.
Girls are supposed to be feminine and demure. Comedy isn't about that, so you just have to unlearn it. Certain women are so pretty, they can't go weird enough to be funny. You have to be willing to be ugly. I'm lucky my face can look so hideous.
I have been able to sniff out a phony.
Physically, no one would ever consider me for the serial-killer lady.
It was always the cliche of men leaving their wives for younger women. The playing field is sort of even now. Women make their own salaries. They can do the exact same thing and can have a younger man.
Meryl Streep was my hero. I wanted to be that type of actor more than anything.
A man's ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.
I went out with seven actors in a row. There are problems with that. I've had the really good-looking dramatic actor, and that has its problems. And then I'll go out with the funny guy. It's almost like the funny guy has more to prove.
The one thing that has helped sustain my career as an actress and a comedian is that people generally view me as fundamentally stupid.
With Christopher Guest films, we have a lot of say.
I play so many weirdos in movies that it's nice to play an attractive woman.
I hate Spanx.
I always remember this neighbor who would ask me to babysit for her. She looked like Jayne Mansfield, and I remember babysitting for, like, five hours and she would pay me 80 cents, with a phony smile. I used to go home fuming to my mum.
I would say 90 percent of the scripts that show up on my door are women who have had lots of plastic surgery that are married to rich men - sort of a trophy wife.
There is something about a phony that creeps me out so much.
I always fall for the guy that, like, has to blow me off because he needs to go do something with his dog. I love those kind of guys.
As a single woman, I reap the benefits of being Stifler's mom.
