Quotes by Julia Dreyfus

• It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all.
• L.A. I could live without.
• Making a movie is a long, dull process. There's a lot of waiting around.
• My goal is, of course, for this show to do well, and I would love it if people liked it.
• New York is nice, but I don't like it as much as I used to.
• Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream.
• Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone.
• It is, I think, harder for women. I haven't quite figured it out, and all of my women friends haven't figured it out -how the hell do you do this? How do you work and have families?
• When I got pregnant my foot grew, but I was denying it. I've been denying it for three years.
• We are 5 percent of the global population and consume a third of the total resources - on some level we should all feel guilty relative to the world.
• There's a pressure regardless of that to do a good show.
• The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming - all these are very clearly tied to energy.
• The Seinfeld motto: No learning, no hugging.
• The schedule of doing a live TV show every week is very difficult.
• The fact of the matter is that everybody treats me pretty much as one of the boys, which I take as a great compliment.
• When I was growing up, I always thought my hair was messy.
• Elaine is just in pain. I think Elaine has become very, very sad woman. She is someone who is in deep need of many hours of analysis and I like to think that I'm not that type of person.
• I guess if I wrote a book one day, it would be about hair.
• I dropped out of college my junior year to do Saturday Night Live, and I didn't even consult my parents. They were very supportive because they had no choice.
• I always wanted to perform.
• As an actress, it appeals to me because I love the idea of playing those in-between moments, the sort of behavioral stuff that one might not normally see.
• Even my great grand-mother did impressions.
• If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life.
• Before computers, telephone lines and television connect us, we all share the same air, the same oceans, the same mountains and rivers. We are all equally responsible for protecting them.
• I'm particularly fortunate to be in a position where I can bring my child to work and be able to get good child care. Not a lot of women have that.
• I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.
• I've actually considered going with my married name, Julia Hall, but all the paperwork.
• I really do like to work. I will work again. But on my terms.
• I think Elaine would go out with anyone if they showed interest in her. She's nuts. The woman's nuts.
• I walk around feeling a sort of existential guilt all the time; and honestly for me this house is a way of feeling less guilty about the universe.
• I'm not the type to cut back on hot showers, but there's no harm in hot water when it's warmed by the sun.
• And Seinfeld is so quick: we crank out one show a week, and the hours are very reasonable.
• Everybody seems to know me. It's very strange.