LEAH REMINI

I applaud my mother now for getting me through that time and making me believe in myself.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

Men have just come up to me and asked for my number right away. That doesn't work. You have to know somebody and have a conversation.

There's a lot involved in going to the bathroom for women.

Men stop trying after a while and get lazy.

The guy has to kill the spider and get the dead mouse outta the pool.

I'm not a neat freak. I don't mind things being messy but I mind them being dirty. I just can't relax in a dirty environment. I like things organized.

I love men who know when to put their foot down and when not to.

I used to do skits for my mom... and I was always entertaining as a kid.

I love a man in a suit. Men should stay clothed, even if they have nice bodies.

I always was trying to make people laugh as a kid. I was a big fan of Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner. I watched them and I remember feeling as a child, when I heard the laughter they got, a little jealous that they made someone laugh like that.

Are you trying to give me a hint that I should drop it? I can lose the accent; I just have to really focus on what I'm saying. And I have to talk slowly.

My actions and the things I say and do, I wonder if they have an effect on my daughter and the way she's going to be as a person. I just want her to be a good person.

I've always had a show that went seven episodes or 13 episodes or whatever. And I've never had a show that's gone past a first season. It really is a lot of work.

But inside, I'm going, 'Oh my God, is my zipper up? Do I have a booger in my nose?' That's my inner monologue.

This is what I love about people! You meet people outside of the business, they'll tell you the truth.

I'm a very by-the-book person.

I envision Hollywood as a race, and some people simply drop off before their turn comes around. It's all about stamina - your ability to get back up and keep going even though everything is pointing at the odds not being in your favor.

I would do another talk show if it was the way that I wanted to do it. Like, you can't tell me what we're talking about, and I want to hear real stuff.

If you don't care about somebody, you don't even bother to fight with them.

I'm blessed to have a voice, and I'm going to use it.

When it mattered the most, my mother was there for me. It was the moment that erased all those days she wasn't there.

Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself. You are evil.

When you get your show - that's what 'King of Queens' was for me. That was my part; that was my show - I was meant to have that part.

Oddly, moving to L.A. had nothing to do with me wanting to be an actress. My mother had a friend who was willing to take us in for a month until we could get on our feet. So we lived on her floor. It was pretty traumatic, but I found my strength through my mother in that time because she never once made us feel like we wouldn't be OK.