Quotes By Kristen Johnston

I was a full foot taller than any child my age.

It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.

I literally felt like a freak, which is another aspect of the role of Sally that I relate to: total outsider.

My way was not to be the petite, gorgeous, little cheerleader. My way of getting by was making people laugh.

I like people-watching and fading into crowds.

I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.

I am, uh... a 6 foot tall woman, I feel like I'm a healthy size, I'm not anorexic; and I feel that people who aren't anorexic are punished... for not being anorexic.

I was such a dork. I was too big. I was really gangly.

But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.

To actually be allowed to be beautiful is a total first for me.

If you love it, and work really hard at it, it will really happen, I believe. I'm living proof.

May I say, if you were suddenly put into a woman's body, wouldn't you be slightly interested in your breasts, and why people look at certain parts of you, and why certain parts move like they do?

When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time.

Onstage, I was never the ingenue.

I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.

I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence.

I really came out to L.A. to take the money and run.

I spent 10 years in New York doing theater.

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.

I want to play a Disney villainess so badly.

I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller.

I was voted Biggest Ham and Likeliest to Become a Celebrity.