Courtney Thorne-Smith

Courtney: (on her surprise pregnancy) It's such an amazing moment for both of us, because we both sort of had to say, 'I don't know if this is going to happen for me.' The fact it's happening is just astounding! Once I realized that I didn't care if it was a boy or a girl, I got into the adventure of not knowing.

Courtney: I understand that it would be smart, career-wise, to line up something, but it wouldn't be smart for my personal life or my sanity. Some people thrive when they're working. I thrive when I'm hanging out with my friends and doing yoga.

Courtney: You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters.

Courtney: One of the strangest things about being an actor is that people you don't know feel that they are allowed to comment on your hair, body, clothes, relationships.

Courtney: To be totally honest, if I could be thinner without it causing a lot of pain and anxiety in my life, I would be. But today the reality is my life is more important to me than my weight - and thank God for that.

Courtney: What happened, is that all of my dreams came true, and it didn't fix anything. I was still scared, and still sad. You need the same things to make you truly happy and fulfilled when you're famous as you do when you're not, but they're more difficult to find, because you forget to look.

Courtney: Don't suffer in silence, you don't have to, go to the doctor.

Courtney: It's incredibly difficult to keep a healthy body image in this business.

Courtney: When I'm feeling sorry for myself, I'll eat Lucky Charms cereal. I like having sugar when I'm in that mood.

Courtney (about her character on Melrose Place): Allison has been through so much. I was sexually harassed, carjacked, had an affair with a married man -- who then tried to rape me, and shot himself while he was on the phone with me. I was drunk, sober -- well, getting sober, then I got to have an affair.

Courtney (before surgery): My body fat got redistributed, and my breasts got smaller.