Marg Helgenberger

Marg: (on her character being drugged and abducted) I thought that was an interesting idea, to have a criminalist – someone who's always watching her back and always hip to suspicious behavior – have that happen to her.

Marg: (on her secret ambition) I've often wondered what it must be like to be a war correspondent. Talk about being in the moment.

Marg: (during the introduction to the 2007 SAG awards) Some of my most cherished moments in this business have been conversations that I've had with my fellow actors on the set between takes. These conversations can happen anywhere, sometimes, sitting on a bed, in a skanky fictitious motel room. In fact, that's how I met my husband, president of the Screen Actors Guild. I'm Marg Helgenberger and I'm an actor.

Marg: (on what she'll miss when she's done on CSI) I've always liked shooting in Vegas, it's such a character. It's so visually stimulating.

Marg: I either play cops or criminals - I'm either on the right side of the law or the wrong side. I gravitate toward edgier material because it suits my nature. I find it fascinating to play. I'm just that kind of person.

Marg: (on her hair at the 2001 TVGuide Awards) I had pink hair! I don't know. You know what? That shade was known as 'PMS Pink.' I was totally PMS-ing that day - I was crazy! What did I think, I was gonna get away with pink hair on CSI?

Marg: (on fame) We were in Paris this last summer and we were at the Musée d'Orsay, and it just always freaks me out when people stop you and wanna take your picture as opposed to looking at a Van Gogh, or something.

Marg: (on her CSI versus the two spin-offs) I always love it when people say [assumes self-important mock voice] 'It's the only one we watch, none of them can compare to you guys, blah blah blah'.

Marg: (on filming the squeamish scenes on CSI) I'm relatively squeamish in civilian life. I've been very fortunate not to have to deal with such things in my immediate family. When we're filming autopsy scenes, I actually feel sad. Behind each of these deaths there's usually a back story of unhappiness and loss. We use a guidebook the Las Vegas police put together that's incredibly graphic. Looking at the pictures can make me turn white. If I'm going over the script at home, my husband will ask, 'Are you all right?'

Marg: (on wanting romance for her character) I keep telling the producers I'd love to have a relationship. We do a lot of cerebral work on the show playing opposite a swab or a computer screen. I'd much rather play opposite someone like Gary Dourdan - he's not bad at all! It would be great because it would give my character the opportunity to show a few more colors - her passionate side, or intimate side or vulnerable side.

Marg: (on a street being named after her in her home town of North Bend, Indiana) They wanted to honor me by naming a street after me, Helgenberger Avenue. It was on the corner that I grew up. I was able to tour the home in which I grew up. It was right across the street from the public swimming pool where I was a lifeguard swim instructor.

Marg: (on whether Gil and Catherine will ever get together) I doubt it will be any kind of an intimate relationship. We always will have some closeness, but I think we have just a marriage of the minds, the two of us, and he's great to work with. A bit of yin and yang in that relationship, for sure.

Marg: I'm more willing to sit back and let things come to me, but this business is too competitive, and one has got to be more aggressive and go for things. Those are the ones that succeed.

Marg: My career is always just been putting one foot in front of the other.

Marg: When I think of home, I think of fishing with my dad.