Joely Fisher

Joely: Skiing makes me feel great, and it gives my legs such an incredible workout.

Joely: You don't have to be that skinny, and you don't want to be so overweight that you're unhealthy - somewhere in the middle is just fine.

Joely: You want the best for your kid, but everybody's career is completely different in this industry.

Joely: I stay in my own little zone, and that's good for me.

Joely: I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor.

Joely: I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently.

Joely: But unfortunately, when you have a kid, you sometimes eat everything they leave behind. So far today I've had some of her leftover pancakes with peanut butter.

Joely: At this point, I wouldn't be able to digest meat, and I don't like eating things with faces.

Joely: Boys like something to hang onto!

Joely: I went to my first audition-it was for Annie-in my Catholic school plaid-skirt uniform. My mother was out of town and she didn't even know I had gone. I got a call back and they offered me the swing position. An understudy is the backup for one part, but swings learns all the parts and then "swing in" wherever they are needed. I didn't end up taking the part.

Joely [On what her mother thought of her going into the business]: She used to say, "I couldn't stop you with a train." But I didn't start working until after college. I wasn't told not to do it and I wasn't pushed into it at all. I'm sure that my mom would have been happy with any path I chose. Maybe this one is difficult for her to watch because she has done it for so long herself; she knows both the triumphs and the really big lows.

Joely [On she and her husband's parenting styles]: We tend to agree on most things. There's a little bit on undermining, though, don't you think? Sometimes you go "don't say that! I already said no."

Joely: I just like a good party.

Joely: The day after I got married, I thought "in ten years, I want to do this again."

Joely [To Ellen Degeneres about working with Brad Garret]: It's actually not unlike working with you. I've developed means of trying to keep myself from laughing and, as I saw on the blooper reel at the wrap party, I'm the one who does laugh and crack up all the time. But he's great.

Joely [On the 'Til Death timeslot]: We were dying an Ugly Betty death.

Joely [On home birth]: I decided to have her at home. We had a lot of friends around and of course her father was there and the doctor, the doula, the midwife, the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker and my sister likes to say "and Entertainment Tonight" because I don't do anything without catering and a gift bag and camera crew.

Joely Fisher [About her kids]: They look beautiful, don't they? They're amazing humans, too.

Joely [On her appearance on Ellen]: I was cute, though; just round.

Joely Fisher [On fans of Ellen]: People come up to me now and tell me how much they loved the show, and sometimes, they even say I'm their favorite.

Joely Fisher [to David Anthony Higgins about table readings]: Remember when that would happen? Big laughs at the table. Gone the next day.

Joely [On initial reviews of 'Til Death]: Some were absolutely scathing and others talked about my boobs.

Joely: That's a scary place, MySpace.

Joely [On what children say of their parents]: Oh, but are you ridiculous? Because apparently, I'm ridiculous.

Joely [On her dog]: Her name is Lola, and yes, she was a show girl.

Joely Fisher [On daughter True growing up]: She's already walking and rolling her eyes at me.

Joely Fisher [On her sitcom's new time slot]: We're going to beat Telemundo now.

Joely Fisher [On stand-up comedy and motherhood]: Those are two of the most courageous jobs.

Joely Fisher: When I came back from school I was heavy. I wasn't obese, but I was the funny fat best friend - never the leading lady.

Joely [On college]: I went to Emerson [and studied abroad]. I took up French boys and wine and I studied psychology