I get recognized just often enough to keep my ego bouncing along, but not so much that I can't go places.
You know, there's a moment when you're famous when it's unbearable to go out because you're too famous. And then there's a moment when you're famous just right.
I think, to be a successful author, you've got to be part recluse and part show-off.
I'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much. I think I'm recognized enough by the industry.
I want to be known for this character on TV two nights a week, and then I want to go away and live my life in private.
I had the perfect level, growing up, between being normal and having a little taste into Hollywood. People would recognize me once in a while, but I could still go out and have my life.
Writers get exactly the right amount of fame: just enough to get a good table in a restaurant but not enough so that people are constantly interrupting you while you're eating dinner.
There was a period when I really had to ask myself, 'What does acting mean to me?' I'm not someone who's content being famous, with that whole lifestyle. I had to realize I could find a balance between what I like to do and what people think you're 'supposed' to do as an actress.
