I am extremely grateful for the time I spent on ER, ... It is a wonderful show, and there are so many people I will miss. But I'm ready for new roles and new challenges.

I don't get rattled about the big things. I get rattled when I have to pick up my laundry, get gas in the car, pick up a script.

People don't want to know that as a woman, I made my own decision as a woman to leave, It has to be I was so burnt out or in love. [On her decision to quit E.R.]

People don't want to know that as a woman, I made my own decision as a woman to leave, It has to be I was so burnt out or in love. On her decision to quit E.R.

When you walk away from a really wonderful job like that, you start messing with everyone's priorities. It's like you're dissing them.

As time passes, excess capacity is being worked off and inventories are being accumulated once again ... [and] companies don't buy enhancements in technology or machinery until after they've seen a pickup in activity,