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.

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.

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.

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.

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.