STEPHANIE ZIMBALIST

You can't wait and sit for the phone to ring, so I do theater.

I've grown up with dogs and love dogs.

Pierce Brosnan is a very sweet man. Oh, we had our issues, but a lot of it was hormones.

I'm never going to be the woman behind the man.

I don't think I could be terribly demanding even if I wanted to be.

We all have points in our lives where two roads present themselves and we have to make a decision very fast. We don't know how it will impact our lives, but it usually does.

I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch.

I studied dancing a little bit when I was young.

My grandfather is the greatest man I'll ever know.

I'm more interested in life than life-style. Life-style means you have to drive a certain car.

If I've learned one thing in life, it's you can never go back.

I will never get married to the head of General Motors. I will never be the wife of a superstar. For those women, their lives are somebody else's... I will never be a 'Mrs. Blabidyblah!'

I'm not the sexiest thing in the world, I feel actors who have to 'play' sexy lose all their sex appeal. When they start with the tongue and the heavy lids, it looks so ridiculous. I think you just have to be yourself.

As a little girl, I got to meet Audrey Hepburn, who took my face in her hands and suddenly make me want to be an actress.

I've sown all the oats I want to sow.

I enjoy my time alone.

I sing, and I really should've stuck with it, because it's really what I love to do. It's probably what I'm best at, too.

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.

My upbringing was very un-Hollywood... I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten by the business in those days, never a fan type - just a basic kid watching TV.

I was never really brought into the show business side of my father's life. I guess that's been a blessing and a downfall. But it's made my own work the initiation.

It makes my skin crawl when people tell me, 'Don't worry, you'll get another series.' Their expectations have little to do with mine.

I really enjoyed being a blonde. Men were more friendly and flirtatious. My face looked more worldly. It took the innocence away. It could be the new me.

The busier you get, the more you get done.

It was one of those times when you can feel the air in a room. Everything stood still. I can remember the T-shirt I was wearing and the bag I was carrying. I don't think I breathed for 15 minutes. It was a devastating moment. They said they wanted me to experience more things. OK. I began contemplating things. Maybe I should take LSD or become a hooker. I left Juilliard and was just meandering and drifting for a while. Thank God I had support from my family and close friends. Bad times.

I've never met anyone who has convinced me to say, "No, I'm not gonna take the next Spielberg film, I think I'll stay here and have a baby." I've never met anyone of that caliber.