“I don’t want to go off pursuing 8,000 other things at once. I just want to enjoy the moment – and I am.”

“All I’ve ever looked for is regular employment. I don’t worry about what’s next until what’s next comes along.”

“My girlfriends ask, ‘How can you meet a man in New York City?’ I say, ‘Just walk around Times Square and you can find one.’ I did.”

“Michael Urie and I have had people come up to us when we’re together and apologize for their outfits. It’s like people think we go out to lunch just to talk about their outfits!”

“I would prefer a night with a lasagna and American Idol over any nightclub.”

On the worst fashion crime a person can commit
“Wearing something that is too small for you. My mom says it’s like fitting 10 pounds of potatoes in a five-pound sack.”

On her character Amanda of Ugly Betty
“I have always wanted to play a character part, but I have always wanted to play a sassy, sexy part. It’s rare to do both in one show.”

“I have always been playing nice girls. Amanda was a real character part and it’s so much more fun. I’m never going back to playing nice girls again.”

“What started as a superficial nasty girl is now the nightmare insecure girl at the office – we get to see why Amanda is the way she is, I was happy sitting at a desk snarling at everyone. The fact I get to do more is icing on the cake.”