• "Once I got married and had children, you know, psychologists say once you do have kids you revert back to your own childhood consciously or not and for me it was very conscious and I was just aching for a sense of community and belonging and a sense of place that nourished me as a child."

• "I swore I'd never do another hour show... until I read the first page of this script and I just hooked into Lily's character so much and the writing."

• "I loved Dark Shadows as a child."

• "I love this show. I love this show so much. Once and Again to me is so awesome and brilliant and the characters are incredible."

• "It meant that I would have to sit up and get closer, because I can't hear Cancers. They tend to speak very lowly, and usually they need a little coaxing."

• "A celebrity can help put a spotlight on a problem, a crisis and a need, ... I'll be sending a check to the Salvation Army. I'm going to do whatever I can"

• "I loved the challenge of doing something I had never done. I'd never done a medical show, a procedural show. ... There is not much time to really delve into the emotions. It's very quick-paced and clipped. It's not about sitting on a sofa and talking about how we're feeling."

• "I certainly don't think we got the coverage that we need or the attention or the realization that Mississippi is in dire straits and in the condition it is."

• "I think Stacy is like a window into him, his vulnerability, his heart, because he does have one somewhere."

• "I'd never felt more sexy and more confident as a woman, and more ready as an actress. Yet, as I quickly discovered, if you were over 35, you weren't any of those things as far as Hollywood is concerned."

• "I feel like only now in my life do I really get it -- do I feel that sense of calm. And I feel very grounded. I feel much more confident. I feel, you know, sexier, more intelligent, more to offer, more wisdom, more life experience to draw from."

•"So far, my forties have been the best time of my life. If I can hold a banner for women in their forties that says life isn't over and sexiness isn't over, then great."

• "I'm thrilled to be a part of Mississippi Rising, ... as it will raise much-needed funds for the recovery efforts that lie ahead. Mississippi's gown may be torn and tattered, but she will prevail."

•"Own your womanhood. Own your age. Embrace it. It's a wonderful thing"

• "He gets to say all of the things that everybody wishes they could say. The irreverence of the character, and he is gorgeous."

• "With so much focus on New Orleans, the important thing to remember is the dire straits in Mississippi, ... We wanted to show how much help we need and how people can help."

• "From a morality point of view, I wouldn't even go near, ... But in terms of making an interesting show, I'm sure they'll have to struggle with it"

• "Oh, definitely and I talk about all the things that I really needed to make me happy at that point in time were outside of Mississippi, and now all the things that I need to make me happy are back there."