Quotes from Christina Pickles

I just love the different rhythm of comedy after having been in a disease-of-the-week kind of show.

Everything begins and ends with the writing.

I've done so many pilots I thought were good that didn't work, and so many that I thought were bad that did work.

For less powerful actors to reject work is just a waste of time and money - pointless.

And there are a lot of people like that, who feel loneliness and despair but cover it up.

At the beginning of 'Friends,' Matt LeBlanc was anxious. Every time he did something, he would look for approval to the director, the producers or the writers if they were around. There would be a look of: 'Am I doing this right?'

I'd like to get away from diseases of the week.

Any family that doesn't fight really needs therapy.

I have no trouble saying, as the copy reads, about how caring nurses are, because it's true.

I've been hopping around in sitcom land. I did an episode of 'Roseanne,' 'Family 'Ties' and 'Who's the Boss.'

I grew up in England, and people there are pretty difficult. They never say what they mean, and when they do it comes out harsh.

I knew Jennifer Aniston would be a huge success from the moment I saw her in rehearsals.

I've always just sort of bashed ahead with my life and hoped that it would all eventually make some sense.

I am interviewed a lot about 'Friends' and people always want me to say nasty things or 'what was this person like.' And I can't because they were all wonderful.

I think toward the end of my run as an Emmy nominee, I started to dress better. At the beginning I was overdressed and uncomfortable.

I actually have an absolute respect for nurses and hospitals.

I don't know why. But I've always thought a large, metropolitan hospital was a very valiant thing.

I will not have my face lifted.