AMY LANDECKER

I've never, ever had a job that lasted for more than a few months.

The pedicure is beside the point - the rub is all I care about. And not just my feet, my calves and thighs. There is nothing better, except maybe a scalp massage.

I was at the radio station all the time and on the air all the time. I met John Travolta and a lot of the other big '70s icons. Shaun Cassidy sang 'Da Do Ron Ron' to me onstage. I thought I was a rock star; I had an all-access-pass childhood.

We actually use a lot of improvisation on 'Transparent.'

I thought maybe I'd be a female sportscaster.

Look at Jane Lynch, another Chicagoan. She has a career I'd kill for. She does amazing work; she's famous enough to have some power, but not so famous she has to deal with people buzzing around her life.

You don't want your personality to eclipse your work because no one would be interested in seeing your work anymore.

I will spend anything on the best sheets in the world because I am going to be in them every night. I like them white and crazy soft.

I actually cannot stand a room without a view - I would rather have a bedroom the size of a closet with a view over a suite without one.

I'm not as smart or talented as anyone around me. But they like me.

When I was younger, everyone thought I was Courteney Cox.

It's hard to get those roles that allow you to show everything and feel like you're really being used and exhausted and spent, which I think is what actors really love: We want to be tired.

Before I had satellite radio installed in my car, I thought I would lose my mind listening to commercials and having limited choices on the dial. Your car is your home in L.A., so you've got to have some good stuff to listen to.

I want to single out Kathryn Hahn's performance in Jill Soloway's film 'Afternoon Delight,' which in my opinion should have been nominated for an Oscar. I think it's one of the greatest female performances I've ever seen on screen, and I think she's wildly talented.

I'll always identify as a Chicagoan; if it wasn't so cold, I'd be there forever.

I think it's amazing that I'm 45 and it is the most creatively successful year of my life.

You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you do, and there's not a lot of waiting around and interruption and not a lot of money involved - sometimes money really clouds the waters of creativity.

The first red carpet I did was at New York's Paris Theatre... It was this beautiful night, and everyone is screaming my name. I'm the least pretentious actress you can ever meet. Someone said to me that I look like I've been doing this forever, and I said that's because I watch E!

I'm not someone who had to worry about aging on camera. I was already aged when I got there.

I'm the second wife of Paul Reiser on TV.

I think human beings are funny, tricky things.

Once you know trans people, all you wanna do is protect them. They're not out to hurt anybody. They are trying to live.

It's actually one of the hardest things for trans people, is to go to the bathroom.

I feel like handling a narrative in fiction is a wonderful way to teach stories that then open a pathway to reality and understanding.

I learned about not just being with someone because I don't want to be alone: being willing to be alone, and then find something that feels right and just reaching for companionship for companionship's sake. Not letting drama lead my life.