Latest Debra Messing Quotes from Interviews

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• We have so many different options now and ways to communicate digitally. But I don't think anything is more meaningful or powerful than a hand-written letter.

  Debra Messing

  Meaningful, Powerful, Thinking

  Source: www.elle.com

• I think that there's etiquette for every means of communication. People are very judgmental and have strict rules. I don't think you should end a relationship with a Post-it note. I know some people who get offended when an e-mail is sent as a "thank you" note instead of a hand-written card.

  Debra Messing

  Communication, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.elle.com

• It's essentially encouraging parents, teachers, and caretakers to remind children how special they are on a regular basis.

  Debra Messing

  Teacher, Children, Parent

  Source: www.elle.com

• Write hand-written notes daily and commit to supporting the growth and self-esteem of children, because it makes such a big difference in terms of their capacity for learning.

  Debra Messing

  Children, Self Esteem, Writing

  Source: www.elle.com

• I'm a mom, and I'm always looking for ways to encourage, support, and embolden my son to help make him believe in himself.

  Debra Messing

  Mom, Believe, Son

  Source: www.elle.com

• Well I would say that, you know, I agree in part with that it [The Starter Wife] is fantasy and it is a romp in that, you know, the comedy stems from shining a light on the sort of more extreme aspects of the Hollywood culture. So, you know, anytime you turn up the gas, so to speak, on the stove and make things more extreme it becomes funny. But I do think that, you know, the other half of the show is absolutely relatable and that's been an important goal of ours.

  Debra Messing

  Thinking, Light, Goal

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• You know, unfortunately divorce it happens in Kansas as much as it does in Hollywood. And, you know, women having to start over at 40, you know, for the first time in their life having to find a career and being a single parent and having to date. You know, all of those things happen everywhere in the world. It's not just Los Angeles. So I would defend the fact that there are, you know, there are other reasons to watch than just to get a laugh.

  Debra Messing

  Divorce, Careers, Kansas

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• And because I have a four-year-old son I have become a great baseball pitcher. And, you know, juggler.

  Debra Messing

  Baseball, Son, Years

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• And I don't know where to find Ashley Danfield and all the other lovely commentators who show me live courtroom trials. To me, you know, I'm obsessed with it. Like I think maybe if I wasn't an actor I'd be a litigator. But, you know, it's always just shocking to see what happens in real life because most of the things that you see on those trials if you tried to write them into a TV series you would say oh gosh, no one would believe that would ever happen. But yet they always do in real life.

  Debra Messing

  Real, Believe, Writing

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• Oh Young Frankenstein - that's right, Body Heat, Raiders Of The Lost Ark. I mean, you know, it - they just keep going on and on and on - Mission: Impossible. And, you know, I think that the writers are having so much fun now with them that, you know, half the time, you know, people are just sitting around saying - trying to think of what's a great movie to copy.

  Debra Messing

  Fun, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• I am a fan of all of the same shows that David just listed. And then I also have a weird obsession with Court TV, which is now truTV - I don't know if you know that. Yeah they changed names. I don't know why they did that but they did. It was a little disconcerting to me at first. But I've gotten over it.

  Debra Messing

  Names, Fans, Littles

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• Oh my God the fantasies are my favorite thing that we do each episode by far. And the great thing now is that instead of one an episode sometimes we do as many as two. We did one in each of the mini-series. And so far - I mean I keep thinking I can't have another favorite and then they keep topping it.

  Debra Messing

  Mean, Thinking, Two

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• You can't control chemistry. You can't control, you know, just similar aesthetics creatively. And, you know, David and I didn't know each other prior to this. And we get along famously. So it's - I feel very lucky.

  Debra Messing

  Lucky, Chemistry, Feels

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• It was hard to find somebody who could juggle both. And so we were really just focusing more on that. We figured, okay, if we're lucky enough to find somebody then, you know, the audience will get over it in one episode.

  Debra Messing

  Lucky, Enough, Episodes

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• We just, you know, we're just sort of doing it like Bewitched, because we just think that the character of Kenny is so specific and so outrageous and so fun. And by far the hardest character to cast out of everybody to find someone who was capable of, you know, doing, you know, the comedy and just with the broadness and to be also just a really brilliant actor, you know, to do naturalism.

  Debra Messing

  Fun, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• And often when things turn to TV series there are so many different people with different agendas that things can morph. And so, you know, that was why having the executive producer title was important to me because even if I was the star and I had a concern, you know, that concern would only go so far. But having the title of executive producer actually makes them have to actually listen to me complain.

  Debra Messing

  Stars, People, Important

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• I'm thrilled because I think that, you know, everyone has gotten what they wanted. You know, I just wanted to be (there) surrounded with the best actors period.

  Debra Messing

  Thinking, Actors, Periods

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• I love every aspect of the show. I've been very involved. It was important for me to be very involved in, you know, all of the creative elements. And so, you know, it - David, you know, being brought onto the show, you know, that - I always just wanted to make sure that we maintained the sophistication and intelligence of (the) - and the comedy that we were able to establish in the mini-series.

  Debra Messing

  Creative, Important, Elements

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• Oh it's fantastic because I get to whip people like David into shape and tell them to go get me coffee. Kidding - okay.

  Debra Messing

  Coffee, People, Shapes

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• I had already just sort of decided okay it's just never going to happen. So when they - when my name was called it was an out of body, you know, just glorious moment. It shouldn't mean that much. But, you know, I'd be lying if I didn't say that it meant the world to know that my peers appreciated what I was doing.

  Debra Messing

  Lying, Mean, Names

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• Well first of all I was nine weeks pregnant at the time and no one knew it. So it was - it had a whole other meaning for me not just because I had to let the dress out, you know, every few days before the actual day. But, you know, because that was the, you know, more important than anything else that was going on in my life. But in terms of actually winning I think I had been nominated four or five times before then. And every one of my co-stars had won up until that point.

  Debra Messing

  Stars, Winning, Thinking

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• I just think of couture clothing as wearable art. So from - to that extent I, you know, I love having the opportunity to just even be able to touch and look at, you know, these pieces of design. In terms of, you know, is it stressful and does it take a lot of time. It's mostly stressful because you're there because you're nominated.

  Debra Messing

  Art, Opportunity, Thinking

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• And that's just a terrifying and terrifying thing. And all the photographers and, you know, it's a different, unnatural setting that no one can prepare you for. But, you know, I just try and have as much fun as I can for as long as it lasts because I know it's a privilege.

  Debra Messing

  Fun, Long, Trying

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• You can see with the proliferation of magazines, you know, that just focus entirely on that. So it just - it seems like there (was) a lot of fodder and a lot of stories and fun things to poke fun at and highlight.

  Debra Messing

  Fun, Focus, Stories

  Source: www.movieweb.com

• I think Hollywood has always, you know, there's always been glamour associated to it. And especially in the last ten years there has been a growing sort of obsession with celebrity life and celebrity culture.

  Debra Messing

  Thinking, Years, Hollywood

  Source: www.movieweb.com