Quotes from Kristen Johnston

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

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?

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

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

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

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 think that there are many different ways of getting and staying sober. Like religion, I just don't think that one way is the only way.

I want to play a Disney villainess so badly.

I like people-watching and fading into crowds.

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

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

I spent 10 years in New York doing theater.

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

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

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

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

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

And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same.

Onstage, I was never the ingenue.

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

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

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