"Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, like an avalanche, and I don't think there's anything I can do to stop it." "This town is a back-stabbing, scum-sucking, small-minded town, but thanks for the money." - From an ad she took out in "The Hollywood Reporter" "Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself." "TV family sitcoms have always been about fathers who know best and mothers who are so enchanted with everything they do. I wanted to be the first mom to be a mom on TV. I wanted to sent out a message about how us women really feel." "I have a huge crush on President Bush. I saw him at a recent fundraiser, and he's a babe. He's got that Ronald Reagan charm. I think he's hot. I respect his wife, but if he wasn't married I'd be putting on my cowboy boots and coming around." "I used to want to be a movie star so I wouldn't have to live in trailers anymore. And now that I make movies, I spend a lot of my life living in trailers." "Well its been a few years now and I've done some crazy stuff you know... but I reconnected with what made me famous, with that show and that family, and I went back to my stand up where I can be myself completely." Interview with Edgar Arce, 2004.