Quotes from Constance Zimmer

You always want to have a mix of conservatives and liberals on a panel, especially on election night.

I'm kind of a 'Daily Show,' Bill Maher junkie. I listen to NPR and I still get the 'New York Times' paper delivered to my door, even though I live in L.A.

Even when I watch it, I laugh, because I think, 'That's me! I'm on 'Seinfeld.''

I was such a huge 'Seinfeld' fan, and I walked on the set, and I saw Kramer. I walked into Jerry's apartment, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this is Jerry's apartment.'

On my first day on the set of 'Boston Legal,' I thought the director was calling me 'Candice' instead of 'Constance.' But I didn't realize he was actually talking to Candice Bergen.

When 'Entourage' came out, there wasn't Twitter or any of this access to celebrities. 'Entourage,' for me, let you inside of a world that nobody really knew about.

I think I brush the surface of being involved politically with the issues and the personalities in the news.

You look at Kerry Washington on 'Scandal,' and a lot of the women on that show in general are very strong, and I think we're seeing it more, and I'm excited because when I was doing Dana Gordon on 'Entourage,' there weren't a lot of strong female characters, which is why I think she came out as such a standout character.

Having casual conversations with the likes of Lena Dunham and Kim Kardashian makes me weak in the knees. I have so much respect and admiration for Lena that it doesn't matter how many times I talk to her - I get starstruck.

There are people that have closed themselves off so much because they've been hurt so much in their lives.

I really think you get the jobs you're supposed to get. And don't stress over the jobs that you don't. That would have saved me so many tears and so much frustration.

Being on 'House of Cards' really has given me so much more than just a job; the interactions I have had with real White House correspondents, other journalists and bloggers relating to my character Janine - and their thanking me for representing them - has been extraordinary.

I would be terrified if Bill Maher was like, 'Hey, do you want to come on the show?' I would be like, 'Oh, God.' It would completely terrify me, even though I'm such a junkie for the show.

Everybody is flawed, not just men.

I think any time someone's dreams are crushed, there's the people who can fight to still try and fulfill those dreams and then there's the people who just give up.

I've been in the fortunate position of playing these strong, snarky female characters since Dana Gordon on 'Entourage.'

People need to know about the Biossance makeup remover cloths. They're biodegradable, so I don't feel bad throwing them out.

I never watched reality shows. I was obviously very aware of them because they're everywhere, but I was not somebody who watched them.

You don't realize it till you get older as an actor, but all the parts you've gotten have led you up to today - good, bad, and otherwise.

I have the Muji pen that has different colors. My daughter loves to play hangman, or we draw. It's important you can draw a rainbow at all times.

I don't really rehearse, because I don't really step into action until I'm forced to. The only way I prepare is just by memorizing it backward and forward so that when I get in the room, I can become the character and not think about the lines so much.

In my 20s, it was very hard to go, 'I'm heavier than that girl.' Getting older makes a huge difference.

I think the best thing that you can do with your kids is to talk to them like they're human beings, not like they're children and they don't know what they're doing.

Everybody always thinks I'm a lesbian because I'm a very tough broad. I have a lot of lesbian fans.