Amanda Peet

If you think about it, there aren't that many women who are in their 40s, who are Jewish and funny and stage-worthy.

In a romantic comedy, it's usually a good idea to have people who can't stand the fact that they are attracted to each other.

I'm a big fan of gallows humor. When my aunt passed away, she was in a coma for a day before my cousins pulled the plug. And the amount of joking and base humor that went on that day around her bed was so insane. It's crazy how people talk when something horrible is happening.

I think you have to be in an insane stratosphere in terms of fame in order to get offered really well-written scripts. Amanda Peet is definitely not in that group.

As an actor, my main focus is finding good writing and attacking a good role.

I do know that I think children should be vaccinated because that affects the health of all the other children.

If there were some recipe that would make all of our children really sane and civic-minded and hugely intelligent, I think we'd probably all do it. But I don't know that there is a recipe for creating that.

I think children should be vaccinated because that affects the health of all the other children.

I try to be really hippie about things. I'm uptight in all the ways that are really important, but the things my husband and family can benefit from my uptightness, I'm completely lacking.

When I make a change, like when I found out I had high cholesterol, I just changed my lifestyle.

Beauty is only skin deep. If you go after someone just because she's beautiful but don't have anything to talk about, it's going to get boring fast. You want to look beyond the surface and see if you can have fun or if you have anything in common with this person.

Well, my mom is single and we've both been single at the same time over the last ten years, so I really related to the bond between my character and Diane's.