“[Another time, it was the stars of the movie who spoiled the ending for me. I had missed a chance to see] Thelma and Louise ... You know, Susan, maybe we should do a sequel to 'Thelma and Louise.' ”
“As an Independent, she has no party backing, ... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female.”
“[Work for Davis is playing America's first female president, who also is juggling three kids and an unwelcoming Congress, on the ABC drama (premiering Tuesday, 9 p.m. ET/PT).] I have been to several real Inaugural Balls, ... But President Clinton didn't have a cake shaped like the White House. That was my special idea.”
“I didn't really base my characterization on anybody, ... I don't really work that way when I played a role. I find the parts of myself that the character has. I believe we all have everything within us, the ability to be a killer or the girlfriend of an insect. It was finding those parts of myself that I felt could serve the character of Mackenzie.”
“Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows, ... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office.”
“It's important for what kids watch that, as far as possible, they see the real world reflected, to see men and women, boys and girls, sharing the space.”
