Quotes from Julianna Margulies

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

I think you're much more approachable when you're on a small screen.

The room is full of such talent. It's a beautiful thing about the SAG Awards. It's the most rewarding room to be in as an actor.

I don't have a lot of stomach for people who don't show up to a set knowing their lines because you're keeping 150 people waiting.

I know this is going to sound corny, but I love my life. I love my baby, so I love getting to wake up with him. And I have the most amazing job, with writing that any actor would love and costars who I can't wait to see on Monday mornings. And I love coming home to my husband.

I would have gone to law school, or gotten a psychology degree. I wasn't interested in sleeping on a futon forever. And what happened is I walked into auditions, and I had nothing to lose, because I had a backup plan.

I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny, because when we found out we were pregnant, I said, 'Okay, let's experience that.' You just have to just go with it because it's rare.

If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day.

A good wife is someone who thinks she has done everything right: raising the kids, being there for the husband, being home, trying to do it all.

I drink too much coffee.

I think that power comes in numbers, and we're in an industry where the actors need to have a bigger voice.

I think the whole world should try not talking for a day.

I don't understand executives that pit women against each other, the fact that they brought in 'Body of Proof,' Dana Delaney is a friend of mine, and the two of us were just rolling our eyes, it's like, of course, you finally have two great female leads and you're going to put us on against each other.

The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous.

I feel responsible that everyone has a really wonderful experience and to do the best work possible, and to always know my lines and to always be on time and to bring a level to the show in terms of quality that other people will follow.

I think the whole under-eye-bag thing is hereditary, and I just got lucky.

I've always had a tomboy quality to me that I embrace and don't run away from. At the same time I'm a real girlie-girl.

My love life is nobody's business... if I give it to 40 million people to read, what do I have left when I go home? I'm protective of my personal life that way.

The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people's birthdays.

I'm a believer in 'Ignorance is bliss.'

Do what you love doing.

I'm one of those strange people: I really love going to the gym.

That's what I love about acting, you get to find little pieces of yourself in every character you play.

I love making money, but you can't live your life waiting to get rich in a job that no longer feeds you artistically.