I never know why people come up to me. I think a lot of them just get super-excited because they recognize me from TV but they don't remember where.

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• Mary-Louise Parker:

  I don't think you necessarily have to be part of a traditional nuclear family to be a good mother.

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  Look, I don't care if anyone likes me when it comes to my work. But I can be massively insecure in

• Mary-Louise Parker:

  I like A&E. I like those corny intimate-portrait things. They're so kind of ingenious and artificia

• Mary-Louise Parker:

  My parents have been together for 65 years. They're both really stubborn. They're not quitters.

• Mary-Louise Parker:

  My way to combat anything is just to walk straight into it with my fists up.

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  The theater is who I am - it's where I feel the most inspired, the most at home, the most useful.

• Mary-Louise Parker:

  My sister's fish tacos are out of control. I'd give her a restaurant if I were a gazillionaire.

• Mary-Louise Parker:

  I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm more into the

• Mary-Louise Parker:

  I don't live in Los Angeles and I don't do a lot of superfluous press.

• Mary-Louise Parker:

  I don't put myself out there, so people aren't necessarily familiar with me or my face.